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If a programmer with no entrepreneurial experience founded a company we wouldn't let them keep ownership and money when there are people for whom finance is the

by harry8 9y ago

If a programmer with no entrepreneurial experience founded a company we wouldn't let them keep ownership and money when there are people for whom finance is their life's work! Gates has no degree Torvalds did not get first class honours from an Ivy League institution! DMR is not an MIT grad! If we start giving Turing awards to lesser tech institutions like Harvard... FFS, merit dude. Merit. That's the thing, the only thing. If a rank amateur who is 14 years old and looks funny does superlative work and you are recognising superlative work ... Is this work good enough for a pulitzer? Other considerations are utter crap and should be made fun of in a cruel fashion. After all, as nerds, that's what we /do/ in life.

groby_b 9y ago
Speak for yourself. Most of us don't make fun of others in a cruel fashion, even if they are wrong. After all, as nerds, we should have an idea what it's like to be bullied.
- photojosh 9y ago
  > Other considerations are utter crap and should be made fun of in a cruel fashion > Most of us don't make fun of others in a cruel fashion Highlights mine. I think you missed that rather important distinction.
- mehrdada 9y ago
  > After all, as nerds, we should have an idea what it's like to be bullied. Nerds being bullied seems to be a predominantly US phenomenon that is generalized far too often.