And of you think programming is high status, high paying, highly influential, why we import immigrants to do that ? You think the talent pool of some hundred million American people with most entensive education system is insufficient ?
You're saying that software engineers are in the role because they have no other option? No upper-middle-class people in the position? What are you talking about?
There are enthusiastic people who start with enthusiasm and can keep that enthusiasm. Most begin with practical concerns. And most of those who don't begin with stay with. he
And yes, rich people, upper echelon, people of means are rare in the industry
While I agree with the early days female programmers history thing, I'd like to point one thing you've neglected, that programming work 60 yrs ago is not comparable or even relevant to that of today. They are of different nature.
What's farther from the reality is , back those days programming was not particularly losing paying or low status, I'd say it was elite. After all, most people then had no access to tertiary education, let alone computers.
Call me cynical but I found it amusing that no one points out the fact that engineering work is laborious and dry to say the least for most people. That's the reason why there are so few people who have other options, females, upper middle class people, people of means, in the scene.
There are so many lowish paid low status unsought for sectors where majority workers are male, say janitors in Universities, why I never see any discussions on that bias ?
Most brilliant. These people can conjuring up a fancy spy story while having no idea how a chip is made at all. And is very amusing to see mass acceptance.