deilline

Software engineering, though interested in generic and specific advice

Care to share more? How much did it cost and was it a sherpa like experience?

Would love to know more about this if you've found any related literature of how this relates to our modern society.

Maybe they meant there’s no VM like w/ Java, so no intermediate bytecode, or no IL like C# iirc

> Very few individuals are responsible for key advancements of civilization.

Is this true? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroic_theory_of_invention_and...

Another example is the Finnish education system aiming to raise the floor instead of increasing the ceiling.

I can think of counterexamples in Hungarian mathematicians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists)

A lot of them knew each other growing up, but you could argue they would've succeeded anywhere.

If this question were more carefully explored I think it'd do a lot for the author's argument as a whole.

The people that replied are likely software engineers and likely high earners in a very employee favored market.

It's true that it varies by employer.

Here are average numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm

I'm an experienced developer looking to dabble in some of the tracks you offer.

What's the best way to determine if this is a fit for me?