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I dabbled in assembly, for a living, at a major software firm. I can still do it after brushing up a bit. And I have no trouble setting up a pg database with web frameworks and writing optimized code.

Web isn't some magical beast- its just rote programming.

Actual business logic is where the categorization starts.

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It's all plumbing and bookkeeping.

If you want to be humbled, go to a conference on high energy physics.

sooo... where is SUSY .)

They've spent their lives studying high energy physics. It's going to seem impressive to a non-expert, but to them it's mostly plumbing and bookkeeping.

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