The guy is 18. Who cares?
> Talking about node.js or NoSQL or puppet or ansible or other "new technology" and be greeted by ignorance.
You'd be greeted by a great big meh from me and I make considerably more than $100/hour.
Your definition of 'basic stuff' is not inspiring. My definition would include processes and threads, I/O and networking, conversations around which also happen to often be greeted with ignorance.