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.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.This isn't a value judgment - not everyone is passionate about their day job. But it might resonate with someone out there.