Is anyone else annoyed that there is no information about the author? I would like to have some idea of the author's credentials and work experience.
For example, if the author is still a student (I have no idea if that is the case) that would go some way to explaining the apparent belief that the job of a software engineer is only to solve already well-defined problems—which is to say, homework problems. We could then discount the advice accordingly.
If you have an idea in your dream, does that mean it won't apply in the real world? Even though the dream is nothing like reality, it doesn't inherently mean that the idea is wrong, it just means that it's not 100% right.