I would, in fact, argue that computer science is in fact deeply anti-elitist; there are no formal barriers to entry, the discipline has no hidden knowledge, the

I would, in fact, argue that computer science is in fact deeply anti-elitist; there are no formal barriers to entry, the discipline has no hidden knowledge, there are no licensing and accreditation requirements. Difficult is not the same as elitist, and it's an abuse of the language to conflate the two. As a rejoinder to the author, I would say that one can be a programmer and only know JavaScript, but one should not be a programmer and wish to only know JavaScript. Go ye forth and read some Wirth!