You might not mean to do it, but the tone in this message seems to be quite condescending. I believe you are making a generalization that is quite unnecessary.

You might not mean to do it, but the tone in this message seems to be quite condescending. I believe you are making a generalization that is quite unnecessary. Surely not all Americans are like that, and I am sure plenty of Europeans share that mindset. (I am one of them, I like being the best in something as I am competitive. In sports, games or programming). In my neck of the woods, the stereotype for this kind of behaviour would be Japanese more than American btw. Either way, I do agree that this post is a bit useless. No one is expected to know absolutely everything there is to known. Why know the web when you program embedded devices for the car industry, for example :)