Today, after reading this, I asked a question of why people like Joe Spolsky and Jeff Atwood get such a following when they are actually not very good coders in general. This was the best explination I got:
"If there was a badger loudly dying in your backyard you would probally go out and watch it."
Other than that, those two (and many others) have not really provided anything of worth to the underlying nature of the internet, computing in general or development - but they like to posture themselves like they have.
I myself am not claiming to be a great programmer - far from it, I'm pretty average (and yes I get a few answers from StackOverflow) - but my issue is with how much noise Rockstar's make when they are really not that good.
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