I'd like to see some of the code that this guy has written. He said he can learn more in an afternoon than a whole class? HA! He's confidant I'll grant him that. But also a deceiver. But perhaps the good kind of deceiver. Press him to cut some code, and in an instant will get some other poor programmer to do it for him. There are plenty of good rule-following programmers out there to purchase... For a salary.
I respect people like this because without them, there would be no companies to work for. Someone has to get pissed off with the way things are, and go out and BUILD something great. But he doesn't come across as a rule following person. We need their charisma and confidence, but without someone to cut the code and do the job, it will be like the cure for cancer, constant vaporware. The substance of venture capitalist's nightmares.
We need people like him, but we have to understand he isn't the generative force in the world, he's the scrappy leader. Hopefully his defiant vision for the world is good. Else he'll get his big bubble popped and end up looking for a job without a degree. And I don't wish that on any passionate-for-learning people.
I respect people like this because without them, there would be no companies to work for. Someone has to get pissed off with the way things are, and go out and BUILD something great. But he doesn't come across as a rule following person. We need their charisma and confidence, but without someone to cut the code and do the job, it will be like the cure for cancer, constant vaporware. The substance of venture capitalist's nightmares.
We need people like him, but we have to understand he isn't the generative force in the world, he's the scrappy leader. Hopefully his defiant vision for the world is good. Else he'll get his big bubble popped and end up looking for a job without a degree. And I don't wish that on any passionate-for-learning people.