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Russia's New Official Holiday — Programmer's Day

Posted by Soulskill on from the feel-free-to-take-sunday-off dept.

Glyn Moody writes "Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, has decreed a new holiday for his country: Programmer's Day. Appropriately enough, it will be celebrated on the 256th day of the year: September 13th (September 12th for a leap year). Do programmers deserve their own holiday ahead of other professions? Should the rest of the world follow suit?"

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  1. Re:At least... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I really wish I could laugh at that, but it is just an abomination to the country... a slap in the face if you will. Who in their right mind would make a terrorist attack a national holiday? It's just disgusting, and says something very odd and disgruntling about Obama.

  2. I've worked with offshore coders by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Troll

    India should introduce an annual "have a shower" day.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  3. Re:Yes. by emilper · · Score: 0, Troll

    They have their holidays: Saturday and Sunday (oh, well, maybe some of the MDs don't). Computer programmers get holidays if they work for Google or some other high-income company, otherwise it's punch keys till you drop/quit/get fired.