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More interesting than the original statement is how many people seem to have a chip of their shoulder/take the statement as a personal insult.

The professor is correct in that the majority of Web developers could get by without much theoretical/academic background (and anecdotally, do get by without using those skills/knowledge much)

Maybe there's an industry-wide Dunning-Kruger effect?




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