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ojbyrne on Oct 14, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Flash Is Responsible for the Internet's Most Creat...

I am sympathetic to your sentiment, but the reason for the disdain is Professionalization:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalization

It's natural to want your job not to be turned over to the CEO's 14 year old son.

sitkack on Oct 14, 2019 [–]

This has not occurred and is not occurring in programming.

The CEOs 14 year old son is a straw boy.

jeegsy on Oct 14, 2019 | [–]

> The CEOs 14 year old son is a straw boy.

Tee Hee

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