Many commenters here seem to miss the humor and self-irony. I find the article well written and it has an unexpected turn. And we all know that everything is t

Many commenters here seem to miss the humor and self-irony. I find the article well written and it has an unexpected turn. And we all know that everything is true. The amount of programmers who write things from scratch is tiny, and ironically it is usually a thankless task. Often, you get ahead by stealing or churning around other people's code and being a ruthless politician.