> from somebody who should understand the underlying technology

I am really looking forward to the day when the software industry implodes and VC capital withdraws, so all of you coding-bootcamp-types finally drop out of it and leave it to people who always did it primarily out of intrinsic interest and not for the money. Some random mmoron on the Internet calling out none less than the legendary Charles Petzold has to be peak of the absurdity that the current tech industry represents!