"My dad makes more installing toilets than I do programming, and he doesn’t even speak English. Screw this profession! You get no respect either at work or from society at large. As soon as I’ve saved up enough money I’m heading for law school. The American Dream has no place for programmers."
—Chung Leong
A c|net reader responds to news that American programmers placed poorly in a recent international competition.
Compare this with Dan Pink’s contention that the future belongs not to run of the mill programmers — or attorneys — but to programmers who "concentrate on novelty and nuance." (A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink, Riverhead Books, 200, page 56)
How does the competition stack up where you work these days?
