You're right that people have that attitude, but pride in one's work is more advantageous in our industry. We expect our jobs to be relatively short-term (five

You're right that people have that attitude, but pride in one's work is more advantageous in our industry. We expect our jobs to be relatively short-term (five years at most). And with every job completed, even for failed projects, we learn something new, and probably portable. I don't need my former manager to prove that I know what the "this" keyword does in Javascript. It's a lot harder to tell whether teachers are any good. I guess this is why they willingly submit to systems that privilege seniority.