Why are engineers called rockstars and ninjas?

Because feeding ego is cheaper than feeding the developers - food costs money. I'm absolutely serious. To be honest everyone wants to stand out and be a rock star in their field. read more

Often, engineers are called rockstars and ninjas by recruiters or well-meaning HR departments trying to make their job posting sound more exciting than it actually is. At Hosted Graphite we state explicitly that we don’t want to work with “rockstars”, “ninjas”, or “brogrammers”. read more

I'm going to go counter to popular sentiment here. I think there is a lot of romanticizing taking place and over stretching to make the connection between ninjas and engineers. I would keep it simple as ninjas get in, do the job, and get out usually without being detected. read more