A personal anecdote: As a mostly self-educated programmer/overall geek that married a girl who's now unemployed after studying 'social science' (Is that a word

A personal anecdote: As a mostly self-educated programmer/overall geek that married a girl who's now unemployed after studying 'social science' (Is that a word? A subject? That's what Google translates the German term to, which seems a little to literal to be 'right') for a while and then finishing 'History of European arts' / 'German literature' I confess that I sometimes have these thoughts myself. Worse, SHE has the same thoughts by now. She recently (and slowly) started to learn Python, because she thinks this stuff is so much more applicable/useful, where applicable/useful is measured via 'in demand'. We're the textbook example of having books covering programming or sci/fi, fantasy stuff (mine) and Real Literature (tm) (hers). But _she_ is feeling useless and probably would love to change history to change career. So next time you see these rude people I'd like you to think of a totally non-representing story you read on HN and consider that these people might've adopted that opinion (at least in parts) from the demographic they judge in your view. From a wife, a friend or a dozen professors-turned-taxi-drivers that complain about their own field and the lack of jobs, of demand and the feeling of being useful with their education. It's a broader problem than people being judgmental about fields other than their own.