Well, Sturgeon’s Law for a start, combined with the fact that people who don’t bother to create their own universes are statistically going to be less-motivated, less-experienced, and/or less-competent programmers. There’s a reason that the stereotype of hackers is 13 year old script kiddies. I’m glad for the exceptions, but they are exceptions.
I’ll see your credential challenge and raise you the inevitable creation of immortal boredom.