I've recently personally dealt with this. The consequences of the experiment have been immense, but I'll spare the details. These hacker schools are looking fo

I've recently personally dealt with this. The consequences of the experiment have been immense, but I'll spare the details. These hacker schools are looking for knowledge workers. The higher ranks will be more associated with the centers of codebases/workflows/builds/systems. Some of us manage way more information than even the common person is willing to talk about. Nerds can withstand complexity, and [that] is what people know. The culture becomes, regardless of intelligence, [that person who manages such-and-such complex thing]. If the person is smart, it helps.