> many are quick and even eager to think of others as stupid There is no hard data I could find but I would guess* that the average programmer probably has a h

> many are quick and even eager to think of others as stupid There is no hard data I could find but I would guess* that the average programmer probably has a higher IQ than 100. So if we define "stupid" as "not as smart as oneself" then this belief is probably somewhat true. *Having worked with a lot of different kinds of programmers and having also worked with the general public.