Isn&#x27;t this the case for almost all professions though? Take cosmetologists for instance. In the town where I live, a person who cuts hair gets about $15 for about 20 minutes of work. Guaranteed job (because people always have hair that they want cut or dyed), a flexible work schedule, and more social cachet than being a stuffy programmer, since they are &quot;hair stylists&quot;.<p>Or consider doctors. $200k+ is a pretty standard salary for a doctor, plus people look up to them in an almost godlike way. In my state, nurse practitioners are also allowed to call themselves &quot;Dr. X&quot;, so the social cachet applies to them as well.<p>Can you imagine the reaction if there were &quot;Everyone should learn to cut hair!&quot; or &quot;Everyone should learn basic medicine&quot; movements? Then why code?<p>[Tangent] If anything, I think there should be an &quot;Everyone should learn how to <i>cook</i> movement&quot; in the US. Might help with the rising obesity and related complications.