[lucasjake]

The problem with this post has always been it starts out from the outset with a title that implicitly puts down a large segment of students.

Had Joel dug deeper into how someone could solve this problem for themselves, rather than brush off those who learned in this environment, this post would have been great. Instead, it comes off elitist and dogmatic.

[mindstab]

Isn't the implication to solve it for yourself you just need to go out and learn some other languages on your own time? that's how I took it and that's what I've always done. I've always been aware of the incompleteness of my academic education