demigod

Do you have to be programming demigod to achieve it?

That's a bit like asking why I work out instead of snapping my fingers and turning into a Greek demigod.

He's pretty much a demigod of data visualization at this point.

Well, if you had had a couple years' worth of graduate-level math and physics courses, you would be an intellectual demigod.

Simply put, Zuck and Gates did not cultivate their personality cults enough for the average employee to fear AND respect them as a superhuman CEO demigod.

Yea we could dethrone the false demigod, probably in about 3-6 weeks if we wanted, but without the military support of the entire world, we'd just end up turning North Korea into another hell hole.

My best guess as of this morning is that a demigod could design such a system, but it's very difficult for mortal humans to do so, because once you know how to program it's hard to avoid overdesigning, putting in things that will eventually be useful in year two but are discouraging in year zero.