From: Captain Obvious on
TKP> If I had to hire a programmer, I would look for skills in managing
TKP> complexity that inevitably arises in large programs, instead of the
TKP> ability to fiddle with pointers.

Believe me or not, but different programming jobs require different
programming skill(-sets). There is no such thing as "programming in
general".

Sometimes you need just the guy who is able to fiddle with pointers.