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A person who "graduated with the best marks in MIT and has been programming since the womb" is special. The other people doing it "every single graduating year"

A person who "graduated with the best marks in MIT and has been programming since the womb" is special. The other people doing it "every single graduating year"... they're special too.

run4yourlives 16y ago
Not to me they aren't. If I needed a Rails app, DHH is special, not Mr. MIT womb programmer. There are very few "special" positions that a nice degree and IQ points alone are the only prerequisites.
- ph0rque 16y ago
  Good luck getting DHH to code your Rails app...
  - run4yourlives 16y ago
    Sigh... my original point seems to be lost arguing semantics with academics in this sub-thread it seems...
    - azanar 16y ago
      I'll not speak for everyone else. But, for me, your point got lost in the righteous indignation that came in subsequent replies in the sub-thread. It is very difficult to assert humility while maintaining an impression of the same. I only started replying when you made this about identity.
      - run4yourlives 16y ago
        Actually, I think what's happening is that a good number of people are taking my comments as some sort of personal attack, even though they aren't even directed at them specifically. Like I said: It attacks their world view. I'm playing the persona of a person that has been around the block a little too well perhaps to make a point. The fact is that there is always somebody more experienced, smarter, better than you are, no matter who you happen to be. Even if you are at the top of your game, changing the subject matter can easily knock you down a few pegs. I appreciate that what I'm saying may be lost on the youthful part of this audience and may be taken as me saying that I am better than you all because I have a few years on you. Be clear: this isn't what I am saying. I'm no less of an audience to my own comments as anyone else reading them.
- KeithMajhor 16y ago
  You were just talking about humility and now you're talking about how they're not special to _you_?

A person who "graduated with the best marks in MIT and has been programming since the womb" is special. The other people doing it "every single graduating year"... they're special too.

run4yourlives 16y ago

Not to me they aren't. If I needed a Rails app, DHH is special, not Mr. MIT womb programmer. There are very few "special" positions that a nice degree and IQ points alone are the only prerequisites.

ph0rque 16y ago
Good luck getting DHH to code your Rails app...
- run4yourlives 16y ago
  Sigh... my original point seems to be lost arguing semantics with academics in this sub-thread it seems...
  - azanar 16y ago
    I'll not speak for everyone else. But, for me, your point got lost in the righteous indignation that came in subsequent replies in the sub-thread. It is very difficult to assert humility while maintaining an impression of the same. I only started replying when you made this about identity.
    - run4yourlives 16y ago
      Actually, I think what's happening is that a good number of people are taking my comments as some sort of personal attack, even though they aren't even directed at them specifically. Like I said: It attacks their world view. I'm playing the persona of a person that has been around the block a little too well perhaps to make a point. The fact is that there is always somebody more experienced, smarter, better than you are, no matter who you happen to be. Even if you are at the top of your game, changing the subject matter can easily knock you down a few pegs. I appreciate that what I'm saying may be lost on the youthful part of this audience and may be taken as me saying that I am better than you all because I have a few years on you. Be clear: this isn't what I am saying. I'm no less of an audience to my own comments as anyone else reading them.
KeithMajhor 16y ago
You were just talking about humility and now you're talking about how they're not special to _you_?