[yarou]

I wouldn't say it oozes with "survivorship bias". Clearly by your logic, any possible advice given to anyone oozes with survivorship bias, which is silly.

I would argue the tech industry is more egalitarian relative to other industries, which makes it possible to become successful without having a formal education. Sure it'd be difficult, but it's not impossible compared to another industry like finance.

[sliverstorm]

Do you think the theory would bear contrasting to passionate college dropouts who have not become successful, comfortable software engineers? Because we need to consider those too, to avoid the survivorship bias. Unless you believe there simply are no such people.