This seems like a thought out list of recommendations. I have enjoyed going through some of those books myself. However, the persuasive argument seems rather bi

This seems like a thought out list of recommendations. I have enjoyed going through some of those books myself. However, the persuasive argument seems rather biased and somewhat toxic. There are many software developers out there, without a strong CS background, who write useful tools used by other developers. Does anybody here use Homebrew? The author admits that Homebrew is not the perfect software, but I think we can all agree that it's highly successful and helps many developers every day. The field of computer science can be rather punishing if you don't grow up with a STEM mentality. I don't think there's a need to put any more pressure on developers and tell them they are not on a path to make enough money, that they will not work on interesting problems and that they have to spend another 900 to 1800 hours before they are worthy. We should instead foster a mentality of inclusion and promote learning by getting people excited about spending 100 hours on a particular subject and not persuade people to learn based on the fear of missing out. And we're not addressing the really big elephant in the room. So many bright people spend 900 to 1800 hours developing their CS skills and end up working on trivial things that could just as easily be tackled by somebody with a bootcamp background. https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-logic-behind-Google-rejecting-Max-Howell-the-author-of-Homebrew-for-not-being-able-to-invert-a-binary-tree https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-logic-behind-Google-rejectin...