Visualizing How Developers Rate Their Own Programming Skills
I have a degree in computer science, but at the end of the day it's just a piece of paper - I learned programming mainly through the internet. I talked to people who cared enough about programming enough to hang out on IRC, or write technical blog posts, or write their own libraries, etc.<p>What has shocked me since entering the "real world" is how little most other programmers I meet care about programming, their craft, code quality, or learning new things. I was legitimately shocked at how good I was compared to the real world population, as opposed to the "internet programmer" population where I was mediocre at best.<p>This isn't a value judgment - not everyone is passionate about their day job. But it might resonate with someone out there.