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0 pointsbc569a80a344f9c2mo ago0 comments

> almost all humans use computers but only 0.1% or so can program them.

This is nitpicking but I was curious: there are 4.4 million software developers in the US (https://www.griddynamics.com/blog/number-software-developers...). The population is 340 million, 0.1% would be 340,000. You’re off by over one order of magnitude.

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jackdoe2mo ago

there are 45 million devs in the world (out of which probably 10 can actually program) and 8.5 billion people

we could say 0.5%?

antonvs2mo ago

It’s misleading to use the entire world’s population. A very large proportion of that hasn’t ever had the opportunity to learn to write code.

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