I'll have to agree with thebigshane's speculation. Extrapolating from my own experiences, I think a lot of people here were doing great things (programming, writing, art, etc.) at a young age and didn't get nearly the recognition that they wanted. In my own childhood I saw people around me getting more recognition for less and poorer work, and others who got no recognition for excellent work.
There are at least two ways to approach this situation: the first, taken by the negative commenters on the other article, is to allow jealousy to take over. The second is to look at a lack of recognition as a simple problem to be solved, and learn from those who receive it. Let's quit whining about not getting the attention we wanted when we were programming at whatever young age, and try to learn how to market ourselves better. Above all, let's show some respect.
It seems that jealousy is becoming popular here. Looking at comments to this recent post about the guy who owns just 15 things[0], the top ones (hence the most voted for, I guess) mostly complain about ways in which he ‘cheated’ in counting his possessions. More or less constructive discussion starts at the very bottom.
Not sure what might be the reason of that, except jealousy.
There are at least two ways to approach this situation: the first, taken by the negative commenters on the other article, is to allow jealousy to take over. The second is to look at a lack of recognition as a simple problem to be solved, and learn from those who receive it. Let's quit whining about not getting the attention we wanted when we were programming at whatever young age, and try to learn how to market ourselves better. Above all, let's show some respect.