[dclowd9901]

Since we're getting meta on the post, I find the tone to be haughty and demeaning.

"I’ll spare him the embarrassment of being named, or of linking to his project. Instead, I’m just going to call him a student. (No, I’m not a professor.) This 'student'..."

Why was this needed? What purpose did it serve the greater article except for the author to espouse their own superiority?

This kind of stuff needs to get the hell out of engineering. It turns away potentially many brilliant people that could join the field but fear the rejection by peers.

[bendbro]

Would you still want it gone if it caused a net gain in proficient engineers, but a net loss in total engineers?

[edmccard]

> Would you still want it gone if it caused a net gain in proficient engineers, but a net loss in total engineers?

Do you have any reason to believe that arrogance and proficiency are correlated?

[dclowd9901]

Oh, you're one of those.