“A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the Math Olympiad champion, or the gamer over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers. A culture that reveres Corey in Boy Meets World, or Zack and Slater over Screech in Saved by the Bell, Or Stefan on Steve Urkel on Family Matters, won’t produce the best engineers. he wrote in a long post on X.
“More movies like Whiplash, fewer Friends reruns.” More math lessons, fewer sleepovers. More science quizzes on the weekend, fewer cartoons on Saturday morning. More books, less TV. More creativity, less ‘relaxation’. More extracurricular activities, less “hanging out at the mall.” … “Normal” doesn’t cut it in a highly competitive global market for tech talent. “If we pretend like this, China will hand us our asses.”
“A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; Excellence over mediocrity; Nervousness over conformity. Hard work over laziness. “This is the work we have chosen for ourselves, rather than indulging in victimhood and merely wishing (or legislating) alternative employment practices,” he concluded.