It's meant to be in the style of A Mathematician's Apology, which is an essay that explains the motivations of a mathematician. > Narcissism much? It's not na

It's meant to be in the style of A Mathematician's Apology, which is an essay that explains the motivations of a mathematician. > Narcissism much? It's not narcissism at all. It's a frank look at a programmer struggling with his own understanding of his craft. Narcissism is something that is self-centered and smug -- this is none of those, and it's a frank look at his failings and his greatness. > There are many others just like you, please get over yourself. Of course there are! That's who he's writing it for, and there are many, many more who aren't like him and that's also who he's writing it for. > This post was hard to read without context. The context for this post is: The writer is a (great?) programmer and the reader possesses, or wants to possess, some understanding of human beings that is not derived from TV and comic books.