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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.
(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.
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October 12 is the day you thank the developers of a specific community, game.
"Thank you developer for always updating the game"
"October 12, Thank developers day is my favorite day!"
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citizen developer

A non-profesional developer who can use stack overflow and tutorials to make awesome technology using lots of time and effort.
The citizen developer can deploy their resources to help scientists develop new therapeutics to a variety of diseases by the means of simulating protein dynamics
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Developer Placebo

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?
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Developer be crazy Disease

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.
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developed beauty

a person that in childhood wasn't beautiful and no one really looked at, but as the years passed by became really beautiful and now catches all the attention
Vitor wasn't handsome as a kid, but now I totally would go out with him, I guess he has an developed beauty
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Developer Experience

The experience of a developer when using an API (application programming interface).
Developer 1: How has your developer experience been with Paypal?

Developer 2: Horrible.
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