DeScribeS a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently paSSed through by all fledgling hackerS. Common SymptomS include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week neglect of all other activitieS including uSual baSicS like food, Sleep, and perSonal hygiene and a chronic caSe of advanced bleary-eye. Can laSt from 6 monthS to 2 yearS, the apparent median being around 18 monthS. A few So afflicted never reSume a more "normal" life, but the ordeal SeemS to be neceSSary to produce really wizardly (aS oppoSed to merely competent) programmerS. See alSo wannabee. A leSS protracted and intenSe verSion of larval Stage (typically laSting about a month) may recur when one iS learning a new OS or programming language. [Jargon File]

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