On one hand, she's right about how people should be more mindful of others with whom they have a discrepancy in skill level.
On the other, every developer, especially ones who are just starting off, needs to develop a healthy habit of self-reliance, being able to hunt down documentation and just RTFM in general.
Actually, her examples are pretty much all related to system administration (PATH and SSH). This backs up what I've said several times before: one must learn system administration before learning to code. Precisely because you don't want to be studying how to write in $LANG, only to realize you don't know how to export your PATH, or what that even is. You need to know your environment before knowing how to code.
Finally, her statement:
especially under-represented minorities
Right, because underrepresented minorities are all inherently deficient in autodidactic skills. Quite the progressive sentiment, indeed.
On the other, every developer, especially ones who are just starting off, needs to develop a healthy habit of self-reliance, being able to hunt down documentation and just RTFM in general.
Actually, her examples are pretty much all related to system administration (PATH and SSH). This backs up what I've said several times before: one must learn system administration before learning to code. Precisely because you don't want to be studying how to write in $LANG, only to realize you don't know how to export your PATH, or what that even is. You need to know your environment before knowing how to code.
Finally, her statement:
especially under-represented minorities
Right, because underrepresented minorities are all inherently deficient in autodidactic skills. Quite the progressive sentiment, indeed.