> I just got lucky cause I liked computers, was nerdy, and did decently on exams. Exactly. Not only that I had a benefit of having a computer in high school w

> I just got lucky cause I liked computers, was nerdy, and did decently on exams. Exactly. Not only that I had a benefit of having a computer in high school when almost nobody else I knew had one. I can act like what coding is magical or special or I was "smart" to be born at the exact right to and get into programming at the exact right time, but a lot of it is just dumb luck. OP is going overboard with his cynicism and bitterness. There are plenty of smart people who go into literature, philosophy, theater, etc. And frankly, I personally have just as much respect for that as an engineer/programmer/etc and I think they are as needed and important. There is this myth that programmers are "smart". We really aren't smarter than engineers, english major, teachers, etc. We just were asocial enough to sit in front of our computers for hours and have the luxury of owning a computer at a relatively young age.