[wawi]

On the one hand, I wish to concede defeat in this argument, that indeed this is a very British argument being made, one that is, essentially, "an excuse for class", whereby a subject requiring high-order adept facilities is available only to "a select few", 'because class system'.

On the other hand, beyond the borders of the colonial-imperial mindset, we have kids in the slums who - precisely because they were not given the 'golden ticket' of opportunity presented to a select few - had to actually .. you know .. do the work of becoming a very good developer.

Good developers are not limited by class.

(disclaimer; have lived and worked with many good developers around the world, and it has nothing to do with education and everything to do with spirit..)

[fmstephe]

I suspect that you have had very similar experiences to the author. The author is quite clear that education is no indicator of ability to program.

I think the author would be very happy admit your hard working very good developer friends into the set of 'good programmers'.