Why the hell would a non-US resident be extradited by his home country to the US to face some bogus charges? What's that hillbilly logic? How would US react if foreign countries were asking the US to extradite their own citizens to say, Iran?
Again a pompous article trying to make an elite of the coders with an academic degree vs the self-taught crowd. Many excellent programmers I know are self-taught and due to their passion for working with code, they are much better than their 'full of degrees, certifications and diplomas' counterparts.