I&#x27;ve been that Ted, and honestly, I&#x27;m happy in how this turned out. The &quot;group of friends&quot; were jerks and I would be worse off if I got accepted by them.<p>Also, the example is interesting in this context because it&#x27;s usually Teds who become programmers. Or at least it used to be back when programming wasn&#x27;t a popular career choice but something you did because you were into technology and building things.