On: A guide on how to be a Programmer (2002)

[voltagex_]

It seems like the similar factor is the allure of money (for very high performers) in both professions.

[amagumori → voltagex_]

Well, a driving factor too is the increasing stratification of the economy. I would've probably just been a programmer as a hobby if left to my own devices, but i see programming as maybe my only chance to lift my family out of poverty.