when the best and the brightest technological minds are chasing the instant riches of social networks Why do we always assume that techies are "the best and th

when the best and the brightest technological minds are chasing the instant riches of social networks Why do we always assume that techies are "the best and the brightest"? A lot of tech problems are just not that hard. It's like the finance articles where they assume the best and the brightest are all going into finance. Everyone wants to think their peer group is the smartest. I started University 3 years early. Okay. There were kids in elementary school who consistently did better on Math contests. They became doctors and lawyers. If you want to feel dumb (and learn a lot), hang out on some rocketry or other hard-engineering mailing lists. Again, a lot of programming is not that hard. It's easy for a lone wolf to start a project that eventually becomes extremely complex. This need to prove that we're the smartest kids in the class is juvenile.