The SIDGS is a program at the University of Ottawa in international development. It attracts the largest number of students in the whole faculty of social sciences.
It is known for its contingent of English Canadian hippies and Franco Ontarians who don't know what to do with their life but want to travel and want to get through university without learning anything too rough. In between two joints they learn to hate the IMF and the World Bank and that participatory research methods is THE shit. After four years they also finally realise that international development is a load of crap, and they should study something else if they want a good job.
The profs in the SIDGS are an amalgation of academics and field practitioners, mostly all Marxist. Is it thought that there are two factions within the SIDGS Marxist group, a maoist one led informally by an old development worker, and a Trotskyist one led by an old sociology professor who is plotting to take over the SIDGS to turn it into a revolutionary unit. When a large enough number of DVM alumni realise they can't get a job, they will most likely join this organization to become the cannon fodder of the revolution.
It is known for its contingent of English Canadian hippies and Franco Ontarians who don't know what to do with their life but want to travel and want to get through university without learning anything too rough. In between two joints they learn to hate the IMF and the World Bank and that participatory research methods is THE shit. After four years they also finally realise that international development is a load of crap, and they should study something else if they want a good job.
The profs in the SIDGS are an amalgation of academics and field practitioners, mostly all Marxist. Is it thought that there are two factions within the SIDGS Marxist group, a maoist one led informally by an old development worker, and a Trotskyist one led by an old sociology professor who is plotting to take over the SIDGS to turn it into a revolutionary unit. When a large enough number of DVM alumni realise they can't get a job, they will most likely join this organization to become the cannon fodder of the revolution.
(In a School of International Development and Global Studies typical class discussion group)
Teacher's Assistant: So did anyone read the text for today?
Most students: No...
TA: Can someone who read it sum it up? (i.e. the TA doesn't understand shit about DVM either...)
One student: Yeah, it says the IMF f**ked all the development in Africa and they're full of shit.
TA: (reading the text) Yes... yes you're right that's what it said.
Teacher's Assistant: So did anyone read the text for today?
Most students: No...
TA: Can someone who read it sum it up? (i.e. the TA doesn't understand shit about DVM either...)
One student: Yeah, it says the IMF f**ked all the development in Africa and they're full of shit.
TA: (reading the text) Yes... yes you're right that's what it said.
by Bittos Bittos-Ghali August 06, 2011
Developer Placebo is term said to substances that are believed to increase and improve your software development skills but don't really. An example f these substances could be dark chocolate, Cheese Doritos, matcha, everything vegan
Mike: Yooo bro you should start drinking match, you will be a better software developer
Kyle: No man I became a vegan and I'm writing better software ever since!
John: Guys. You know that is just developer placebo, right?
Kyle: No man I became a vegan and I'm writing better software ever since!
John: Guys. You know that is just developer placebo, right?
by TamimiUrban July 31, 2019
A person who is continually developing, selling and moving to a new 'home' as often as the tax laws allow them. Superficial neighbour with no real interest in community who uses their home as a way to climb the social ladder and/or make money. For example, may sell and move house every 13 months, if the law requires them to stay over 12 months to avoid paying a tax on the profit from its sale.
Partner1: I met the new neighbours today at the old place over the road...
Partner2: Yeah, we talked on the weekend - if they do to what they did to their last place they won't stay - they are just bloody serial developers.
Partner2: Yeah, we talked on the weekend - if they do to what they did to their last place they won't stay - they are just bloody serial developers.
by barns January 30, 2007
A person who is continually developing, selling and moving to a new 'home' as often as the tax laws allow them. Superficial neighbour with no real interest in community who uses their home as a way to climb the social ladder and/or make money. For example, may sell and move house every 13 months, if the law requires them to stay over 12 months to avoid paying a tax on the profit from its sale.
Partner1: I met the new neighbours today at the old place over the road, they seemed nice but were keen to tell me all about themselves...
Partner2: Yeah, we I talked on the weekend - I gather they dont plan to stay, if they do to what they did to their last place - they are just serial developers, it seems to me.
Partner2: Yeah, we I talked on the weekend - I gather they dont plan to stay, if they do to what they did to their last place - they are just serial developers, it seems to me.
by barns January 25, 2007
when a certain situation happens and your being put down bad but you lift yourself up and keep on going like the bad b you are 😘
by Urmumlookslikeacow July 06, 2023
by Sarahchristine September 17, 2019
When a developer doesnt sleep for anything over 7 hours they start seeing things and saying r kelly multiple times this also includes crying over slight ocd in code yes i see your code and im letting you know it looks like a spaghetti ball and yes i misspelled it im tired bro i havent slepet in 16 hours
Yeah man my friend dextar had Developer be crazy Disease he kept saying r kelly was a vertexes root humanoid part.
by Developer be crazy Disease March 31, 2024