Re:Why programmers will never be the brightest and the best
by kazinator on Thursday March 16, 2017 @02:34PM
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> But hacking on systems that are being used in production? Why would an intelligent person would want to spend time fighting with 30 years of someone else’s errors and accumulating a vast store of arcane and ultimately worthless knowledge?
How about: because that intelligent person is paid at 2 to 3 times as much as an academic working strictly on original ideas, and $Infty$ more than a hobbyist working strictly on original ideas.
That work doesn't preclude them from having intelligent hobbies, and side projects that may well outstrip those of the impoverished academic or hacker.
How about: because that intelligent person is paid at 2 to 3 times as much as an academic working strictly on original ideas, and $Infty$ more than a hobbyist working strictly on original ideas.
That work doesn't preclude them from having intelligent hobbies, and side projects that may well outstrip those of the impoverished academic or hacker.