Every choice we make is like compound interest. Make choices that are 1% better, and over time, the cream will rise to the top. Make choices that are 1% worse, end up on Maury or Springer.

And this "social justice," this putting of fingers upon the scales, is a kangaroo court. Of all the effort that has been expended to get more minorities & women into software, how much effort has been spent to get more asians into the NFL & NBA? It is no justice. It is that there are more black & women voters than there are asian ones. It is the mob voting itself a benefit.

I don't see how what happened to my granddaddy, for good or for ill, has any bearing on my ability to practice, practice, practice, get good, and make it. As of 2015-16, NBA was 81.7% black.

Software is no different. The best tools are free. Internet is near-ubiquitous. A serviceable machine can be had for lawn-mowing money. There is no excuse.

No, it stopped millions of them.