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I came to a similar conclusion based on my school experiences, and my experiences in the tech industry. This sort of assumed mental superiority among nerds is just tiring, and what's worse, often undeserved. I agree with most of this essay on its face, particularly about the idleness of high school and its similarity to prison, but the correlation between nerdiness and intelligence is just that.

Everyone in the tech industry is so proud of whatever nerdiness they engage in that the word has lost its prior meaning within our little bubble. And what have the nerds done once they've been given some control over the workplace? Exactly the same types of exclusionary, prejudiced bs that they supposedly suffered for in high school. Most of the offices I've worked in have had such infantile political mechanics that I often wonder if I wouldn't be better off as a dental floss tycoon.