I'm not accusing you of doing this, but some people that are well versed in the cultural hacker scene constantly play out an obnoxious variation of this in the form of:
"You've never heard of X? Really? C'mon, X, the inventor of Y?"
It does not endear them to their colleagues.
I'm happy to talk about figures in computing with anyone else who shares a similar interest, but I make zero correlation of their competencies whether they know of a certain figure or not.
Not a flag, red, green or otherwise.
I'm not accusing you of doing this, but some people that are well versed in the cultural hacker scene constantly play out an obnoxious variation of this in the form of:
"You've never heard of X? Really? C'mon, X, the inventor of Y?"
It does not endear them to their colleagues.
I'm happy to talk about figures in computing with anyone else who shares a similar interest, but I make zero correlation of their competencies whether they know of a certain figure or not.