It's definitely the case that the social climbers, lifelong hoop-jumpers, and paint-by-numbers careerists are flooding into tech. Who can blame them? And thes

It's definitely the case that the social climbers, lifelong hoop-jumpers, and paint-by-numbers careerists are flooding into tech. Who can blame them? And these type of people definitely dilute the engineering talent pool. As annoying as this may be to those of us who came from more traditional hackerish backgrounds, this will likely self-correct at the next major recession. In the meantime don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. The bottom line is technical knowledge is power in today's world. You can take CS and pivot into any career you want, and if all you want to do is build cool stuff, well, it's never been easier!