Sorry if you need to learn this, but compensation has little to do with ability or merit in a lot of place that need to screen share.

Fallout based problem solving

I see it as a sort of “I’m so rich I get to fight a living legend” instead of an actual contest. This is a sham.

What if you don’t have kids?

Nvidia does the same shit for GPU drivers, it’s obnoxious

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Python, like most languages, can be as complex as you make it.