This wasn't about evaluating whether others are good at something, but about what you should do if you want to become good at systems programming. For most peo

This wasn't about evaluating whether others are good at something, but about what you should do if you want to become good at systems programming. For most people, the university is a unique opportunity. You get to spend a few years learning all kinds of interesting things, in an environment designed to support that, without the social pressure to do something that is more productive in the short term. How do you choose to use that opportunity tells a lot about you as a person. A motivated and disciplined can learn a lot on their own. In most cases, they can learn even more in a university. But not always. Some people are not a good fit to a particular university, and some people are a poor fit to any institutional environment. The latter tend to become an entrepreneurs, as their personalities are not a good fit to being an employee.