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This almost feels like a realistic fiction book honestly, but that’s pretty amazing for him. When he said he wishes for leaders in influential positions to change their positions on people, I sort of agree but I more hope that those leaders will look at what this 14 year old has achieved and hold other people to higher standards. Not necessarily to the same standard as him, but just higher relative to what the bar is currently at right now

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> those leaders will look at what this 14 year old has achieved and hold other people to higher

Not going to happen. On average people are performing to their abilities. We work to live not live to work. I like my job, and I care about my product, but I have a family with 2 young boys, and I rather focus on them then working harder.

How old are you? Your sentiment is not uncommon among the interns. Prios change as you learn and age.

As someone entering the workforce, made my own projects in my free time, paying attention to my peers, and using connections I have to talk to people hiring and in leader positions, people are absolutely not performing to their abilities. It takes 4x as many people to do the same if not less work than 10 years ago. The fact that I can spend 1.5 months working on learning how to be a full stack dev over the summer and that is more work than most of my peers is not a good thing. There needs to be higher standards or else we stagnate and dont improve

> It takes 4x as many people to do the same if not less work than 10 years ago.

In what sense? I've been programing for a while now and I say we are more productive than ever with the massive amount of tools, and high-level languages at our hand.. if anything we often flounder to find the right tool for the job.

> 1.5 months working on learning how to be a full stack dev over the summer

Sure, but can you do it well? I can read the English dictionary in the same time, but that won't make me a master at the language. Part of the job is not making a solution but the best solution according to the work order. This imo only comes with experience working in teams.

Maybe what you said is all true and you work with a crap code mill, in that case move on and fins a better job for your own sake... If it's not true... your hubris is going to bite you in the ass.

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