I'm not sure I agree with this statement. There's definitely not an equal distribution of intelligence across all disciplines. In the 50's and 60's, when aero

I'm not sure I agree with this statement. There's definitely not an equal distribution of intelligence across all disciplines. In the 50's and 60's, when aerospace was the rage, all of the best and brightest wanted to work for NASA and become rocket scientists. In the last twenty or so years, the best and the brightest have been drawn to computers. One might argue this is part of the reason we've seen so much innovation in the computer industry, and so little in aerospace (60 years after flight was invented, we had a man on the moon. what have we done since?) Given that a higher proportion of intelligent people are attracted to technology fields, it's a safe assumption that programmers are ABOVE average intelligence - and there are more geniuses here than elsewhere. That said, the 'average corporate shop' probably has driven out all signs of intelligent life, especially if managed by people like the writer of this article.