It means to reduce the importance of something - right? He gets asked about being the only developer in Congress if he were to win and the response is “Softwar

It means to reduce the importance of something - right? He gets asked about being the only developer in Congress if he were to win and the response is “Software developers aren’t the only ones under represented in congress." In other words being a developer is not important. He describes being programmer since child hood then in the same sentance says “what I learned in college is that there were a lot opportunities to apply problem solving at a larger level." In other words there are more important thinks than programming. So the Wired reporter is all about isn't it cool that your a developer running for Congress and all he wants to do is change the subject. Move along - nothing to see here. I completely understand that being a nerd programmer is not the classic political profile and there may be a backlash against techies going on. What surprised me was in an article on tech-friendly Wired it was downplayed so much.