Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wouldn’t say programmers are taught to nitpick, so much as look for non-obvious problems. The nitpicking comes as a side effect. Maybe it is cargo-culting.
(This is a meta-nitpicking joke).
You ruined it by pointing it out :-D
We need to have people continue the meme by missing the point of nitpicking nitpicked arguments. That’s a special thing here in HN.