The bullet point list was perfectly fine then it goes full retard with the following paragraph, which implies that people who are enthusiastic about programming

The bullet point list was perfectly fine then it goes full retard with the following paragraph, which implies that people who are enthusiastic about programming ("write a technical blog" or "contribute to open source") only are because it's their job. Bunch of "barbeques and ball games" people only in for the money. Reminds me of this quote: "Computing has always been personal. By this I mean that if you weren't intensely involved in it, sometimes with every fiber in your body, you weren't doing computers, you were just a user."