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Lots of competition compared to what? The fact is, if you can write code, you are a very small number of people in the world. If you are good at it, and enjoy
by megablast 16y ago
Lots of competition compared to what?
The fact is, if you can write code, you are a very small number of people in the world. If you are good at it, and enjoy it, even smaller.
This is the point the author it trying to make, you are an an amazing position in history, you can do great things, so much easier than anyone else. In the past, you would have had to have an army. Now, just with your skills, you can do something truly amazing and world changing.
- jpdbaugh 16y agoEven at school in a degree that one would assume most students can write some code I am finding that more and more when I meet students program they have no skills at programming or even want to learn. I think that people who can write production code are a very small population indeed.
- megablast 16y agoI am always confused at how these people end up studying Comp Sci. I guess these are the ones with no interests at all, and might as well have been studying Biology, Chemistry or Geology.
- GBond 16y agoYes. I'm surprise how many people missed this point of the OP. The golden ticket is in the "this is a perfect perfect storm; don't waste it" sense ("market demands" + "you can code" + "cheapest time to start" = golden ticket). Not in the "quit your sorry job NOW and get RICH" sense.