The tipping point between amateurs and professionals (what happened to average?) is probably not empty platitudes and a sweeping disdain for one's code. And sor

The tipping point between amateurs and professionals (what happened to average?) is probably not empty platitudes and a sweeping disdain for one's code. And sorry, Jeff, I blog mostly to help people. The rest of the time I'm just looking for some catharsis. I also don't have Google Alerts for my name or any of that nonsense. So, to the extent that I can become a conduit for other programmers to have that same epiphany in their own programming careers, that means it's working. That means what is working? Bolding something doesn't mean it magically makes sense. I don't try to make it a habit of engaging in ad hominem attacks, but if everything I hated about Jeff Atwood was something I hated about myself, I'd have thrown in the towel on programming a long time ago.