[busterarm]

I'm a little over decade older than you but I've been around this business a long time.

Web development has always had young, inexperienced people going into the business. Things have always been changing really little care for methodology.

Things are getting better, not worse. The amount of elitism this post drips with is semi-infuriating.

I come from nothing. A poor kid with a good brain who was lucky enough to school with the financial elite because of that brain. Shitty, single-parent; handmedown clothes and shit Christmases. I had to fight my ass off and struggle to even get this career. I couldn't afford to stay in college and I didn't have the right attitude to keep my grades up for scholarships. I worked a decade-plus of shitty, low-paying jobs. I've been working fulltime almost nonstop since I was 14. I had to pay for my own senior year of a high school I didn't want to be at. While I've almost always had a career in tech, I started my development career at 30.

I have a very blue-collar mentality. I dress badly. I swear a lot. I am from the lower social classes and I'm proud of where I come from and what I've done. My work differentiates me from my peers. I make great architectural decisions and I get things done. I'm your peer because of what I can do, not because of my class.

What have you done to get where you are today?

[ellius]

Take some solace in the fact that if he doesn’t grow up a bit, he’s only going to hurt himself. The blue collar folks of the world will just grab a beer and talk about what an asshole he is, and he’ll never realize the opportunities he’s missed or the friends he could have had.

[busterarm]

Regretfully, I've interviewed with a lot of young folks with attitudes similar to this. It's bad for the industry.