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Steve Ballmer at .NET presentation: Developers (HQ, Extended)

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2023, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN references it as a meme about Ballmer's famous energy, in jokes and in threads about high-energy people.

A short extended clip of Steve Ballmer sweating and chanting "developers" on stage at a .NET presentation around 1999 or 2000.

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@Someone1234 Nov 2023 Cites it
on HN thread Ask HN: Do you have a high level of energy throughout the day?
Have you considered that your definition of "high level of energy" and other people's may not be the same? For example Ballmer's famous Developers Developers Developers speech[0] is NOT my "high energy" and in fact if I ever had that much "energy" I'd consider myself to be having an emotional breakdown. My "high energy" is: zero brain-fog, good mental acuity, and not feeling sluggish. I've found light fasting to help with that (e.g. only eating dinners). But it isn't really clear what you're trying to achieve and or what success would look like. [0] [this video]

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