Article is talking about Flash Developers, who most likely became JS front end developers when the wheels fell off the cart. No need to even know a single algor

Article is talking about Flash Developers, who most likely became JS front end developers when the wheels fell off the cart. No need to even know a single algorithm to be a successful front end developer. Any algorithm you can think of, that would possibly be relevant to their job is already implemented in some NPM and probably far better than any of us would implement it. I value CS degrees and value mine, but reality is, not everyone that writes code, need a CS degree from MIT or Stanford. Bootcamps serve their purpose and I have worked with many self taught and Bootcamp grad developers who went on to be exceptional developers. I myself was self taught before I entered into a CS program and honestly I wish I would have went into applied mathematics. Everything I learned in school I could have self taught by already having a base in programming. I also never use anything I learned in school at my day job since I left AI and 3D dev. More relevant to the story, aging techs can actually be quite lucrative once you pass the curve of no new people are learning it, and all the skilled workers have left for greener pastures and are not looking back. I have taken some gigs for IBM Universe, VB 6, and COBOL JCL that have been quite lucrative because no one wants to touch them and most of the talent has retired out of the field.