Exactly. He compared it to accounting. This is the most common fallacy I come across day to day. People just don't understand that programming is a creative sport. Not mathematically dry as this blogger percieves. Instead of accountants discussing form 4686, programmers gathering would be more like artists gathering to discuss ideas and make art together over a weekend.

People really need to start seeing programming as a creative thing. But then he's just a software engineer.

Wait, you don't think accounting is a creative sport? Hmmm.

Accounting is more like war than sport. Even if sport is only war with rules.

It's definitely not a sport

accounting can get pretty creative sometimes.

Also, tax laws change yearly, so it's not as static as some might believe it to be.

Then you get in loads of trouble with federal authorities.