Michael Lopp escribe una guía para poder vivir con un nerd:
How does a nerd watch TV? Probably one of two ways. First, there’s watching TV with you where the two of you sit and watch one show. Then there’s how he watches by himself when he watches three shows at once. It looks insane. You walk into the room and you’re watching your nerd jump between channels every five minutes.
“How can you keep track of anything?”
He keeps track of everything. See, he’s already seen all three of these movies… multiple times. He knows the compelling parts of the arcs and is mentally editing his own versions while watching all three. The basic mental move here is the context switch, and your nerd is the king of the context switch.
Esto es exactamente cierto. He visto la demostración en mi y en otros, una y otra vez, a lo largo de los últimos 37 años. Lectura recomendada para cualquier pobre alma que intente vivir con uno de nosotros.
Michael también escribe «Being Geek, la guía de carrera para el desarrollado de software«. Excelente libro en el que enseña a los nerds a manejar su vida personal y profesional con la menor cantidad de fricción posible.