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I also found the tone pretty condescending, but I wasn't sure if that was a result of being translated from another language. I agree that both paths are viable

• staticassertion 8y ago
  I think it is definitely beyond language. The condescension of 'you don't have to be humiliated to be a blue collar worker' is absurd in any language - the assumption that workers are embarrassed to not be one of the Elite Engineers. The statement that you are not to call yourself a programmer, you haven't earned it, you're not a real programmer. The justification against being self taught amounts to - 'well you can't work for NASA, and uh, something about learning to be a professional'? I found it particularly ironic that they pointing out how many big projects started in academia - and how many of the largest companies were started by dropouts? The author acts as if they're exploring the idea, but it's not an exploration, it's an argument that they clearly already had made their mind up on.
  • int_19h 8y ago
    It's even more condescending in Russian, if anything.