I'm not saying that the taxi drivers are right, but your example ignores the education and certification that modern professions require. These days most professions require degrees. Taxi drivers need to be certified and that requires memorizing tons of routes. Taxi drivers are exactly the crowd that doesn't have a college education, severely hampering their mobility to other professions except ones which are worse.
Anyway, just another example of how the analogies the hacker crowd loves so much always fail at closer inspection.
Anyway, just another example of how the analogies the hacker crowd loves so much always fail at closer inspection.