u/Ok_Comfort_5491 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
This is honestly kinda fucked, you don't have to be an ivy leaguer with rich parents to be good at coding. Like that's straight up just not an option for 90% of people
u/michaelnovati replied ·
I agree with you and if everyone who was destined to be a great coder had an easier shot, the world would be better.
But the gatekeeping isn't elitism or power grabbing, it's just practical and rational based on the data... and that means biases and problems in the system aren't dealt with.