I didn't move the goalposts very far at all. If you quoted the rest of pcwalton's comment you would have had a more appropriate context in which to understand m

I didn't move the goalposts very far at all. If you quoted the rest of pcwalton's comment you would have had a more appropriate context in which to understand my reply. Here we have a claim that encompasses 100% of a population, which is refuted by someone in that population who doesn't agree with the claim (and whose direct experience contradicts it). And it isn't just my experience which contradicts it. Many of my colleagues would dismiss such an assertion as well. Now if his claim was about "many" or even "most" programmers then sure, perhaps there is nothing to refute. But then his claim would have added almost nothing to what he replied to. Saying all? That's either a dramatic device which I don't think adds to a healthy discussion, or a genuine belied that I think should be refuted since I'm in a position to provide counter evidence.