Comment by zhdc1

If you read the article, the author is discussing a conversation on Github and developer experience. The article isn't an indictment about academia (it doesn't even really come up at all).

Re the author's competence argument, given how complex software development is as a field, a better approach should be to always assume that there's a person out there who can solve a problem quicker and more competently than your guesstimate. Of course, you should also assume that they're not going to, and that you - with all of your issues, lack of experience, and general :/ 'iness - is the one who's either going to have to fix it or find someone who can.