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I think what you describe is captured fairly well by the third "tribe":

> The way people in this camp describe themselves is fundamentally pragmatic. They write software because software is useful to other people [...] I think most professional software engineers are in this tribe

Fwiw, I don't think "tribe" is a good word for what the author describes. Maybe "attitude" or "principle" would be more fitting, albeit less catchy and intriguing.

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I don't think what he described is captured at all by the third "tribe." He clearly does it for money and there should be a fourth "tribe" for that category. I agree with you that "tribe" is a poor choice here.

I don't like the term tribe either. To me, these are biases. And biases can change or be context-sensitive. I find myself in 1 and/or 3 often depending on the work.

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