It's almost always the opposite. The more you learn, the more you understand how little you know. Mark Twain put it beautifully. He said, "When I was 16, I couldn't believe how stupid my father was, and when I was 21, I couldn't believe how much he'd learned in 5 years."

>>What an incredbly narcissistic thing to say. And I don't mean the one where you're into dead people, but the one where you're a complete a$$ for thinking you are better because of your chosen profession.
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>I don't know who's what here... I think I read his message quite differently. We, as programmers, should hold the scientific spirit and be above petty differences between countries. And we should know how things are elsewhere - it gives you a much better perspective.
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>Then you may have the pleasure of thinking you have tried to be better. And you surely wouldn't think you actually are better - you've seen the world. You can only know you're seen more than someone else who hasn't.
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>>>Yes....as matter of fact it is. In the past 20 years I've been to 72 countires...how about you? or were you held captive? We are computer SCIENTEST and have no boundries....