[vkatluri]

It's probably because you scare them. Here are people who have spent several years in school to gain a certificate that shows they know how to program. You may never be a competition to them in the job market but the knowledge that someone spent close to 12 weeks (not even a semester) and was able to land a basic job programming is probably rubbing their sense of entitlement the wrong way. Me personally, I have a M.S. in Computer Science but I work with a group of people, who, with sheer will and hard work, are in much better programming situation than I am. Not everybody gets to, or needs to, write a compiler or an operating system. Most of the applications are crud applications. Just because you are not of Linus Torvald's caliber doesn't mean that you are not a programmer.

[cantbecool]

I share your sentiment. It's disrupting their entire way of thinking regarding the programming field.

It would be amazing to get to the level of programming enlightenment to be able to create a compiler or kernel, though. That's a goal of mine with-in a decade.

[jarek]

I am certain most HN readers who are expressing negative sentiments here and who have spent several years in school feel very threatened by a Django coder.

[vkatluri]

I don't want to get too personal but do you go about your life this negatively and sarcastically all the time? How sad it must be.

[jarek]

Pretty much, yeah. I'm sure it would be much more fun if I could get excited about 12 weeks of Django, but that's just not the kind of person I am :)