Useless degrees

Hippy is just jaded. Computers are wonderful and programming is one of the most satisfying things there is behind riding on a beautiful sunny day out in the country, down a big big hill you just made it over. That's how good it is.
Of course, returning to my original point... you have to have passion for it and really love it through and through. If you don't enjoy what it is you actually do, then all of the stuff that goes with it will beat it out of you and wear you down. If programming doesn't do it for you, then you have little chance of having any job satisfaction when you encounter the bureaucracy around it.

What he said.