They remember the jumpers settings for most boards, hard drives and other devices. They never forget what interrupts and base memory addresses are currently used up in their computers. Russians programmers keep upgrading their computers until there are no more available interrupts, no room for additional memory and no free bay slots. Russians programmers program on all levels, beginning with the processor codes, table of which they hold for the reference on their desk. They usually remember by heart the list of functions of Int21H. Russian programmers remember by heart both English and Russian keyboard layouts.
Russian programmers feel themselves very comfortable on the Internet.
They are always online - just in case they need something urgently. Russian programmers only work when they are in the right mood. Programming is a creative process and it cannot be pushed. Russian programmers are always in the mood for programming. There are two kinds of Russian programmers - the ones that hate Windows and program on Unix and the ones that hate Windows and still program on Windows.