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I guess your post is sarcasm, intended to make me look this up?

He then attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas, majoring in computer science but dropped out in 1998.

A web developer does not outsource his pet project to someone else to code. He did not do any development on his projects. I've heard him talk about coding and he openly admits that he's been out of it for so long that he is no longer qualified on the subject.

About Digg's original code: http://blog.mixergy.com/pr-lies-destroy-your-understanding-o...

Developing makes you a developer. I did a lot of math during my degree, but I never use it, and would in no way consider myself a mathematician because I've lost most of it.

Anyway, I quite like Kevin Rose from what I've seen. You need all types in the industry, not just technical people.