"We have a culture of doing our own thing, rolling our own when it comes to technology," said Buckmaster, who got his first Craigslist gig as programmer by posting his resume on the very site.
2006-12-08 23:02:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
the folks here are right about ultimate derivation, though the phrase has been used in software development for decades.
It does mean building your own software, rather than buying something off the shelf.
in our case, all our software derives from code I wrote starting in '95, though I haven't coded since late '99 after writing what amounts to version 2. (all our tech people are smarter than me.)
Craig
craig@craigslist.org
2006-12-09 04:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by craig newmark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rolling your own ~ Rolling a smokable type of cigarette making your own premium and economical cigarettes roll-your-own
Cigarette tobacco rolling machines save you 60% per pack
2006-12-09 00:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by Laminate Wood Installation Fl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the practice of carrying loose tobacco and papers instead of pre-rolled cigarettes. It means you make it yourself.
2006-12-08 23:07:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
back in the old days they didn't have rerolled cigarettes so if you wanted one you'd have to roll ur own. watch an old western odds are youl see some old cowboy roll his own, yippiekiaaa !
2006-12-08 23:13:09 · answer #4 · answered by Larry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rolling our own, as in rolling our own cigarettes (making our own way, creating...)
2006-12-08 23:05:08 · answer #5 · answered by truthwalker7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋