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Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher by untog on Monday September 09, 2013 @09:24PM (#6357446)
Why are they pooling there? Is it a "low spot" where gravity leaves a puddle?

Kind of, yes. Programming is a decidedly anti-social job in many ways, and suits the socially inept.

That's not all a negative thing- it's possible to be successful through your skills alone, and few other jobs provide that path.

Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher by zalambar on Monday September 09, 2013 @09:44PM (#6357541)
Unless you are a minority in the field in which case your success apparently requires tolerating disproportionate abuse from your socially inept peers. Hardly the meritocratic environment we like to imagine here.