I want to add something additional to this: it is one of the few fields that can afford middle or upper middle class lifestyle and is accessible.

I have no doubt if I could redo my life with the necessary resources I’d be more than capable of putting myself through med school and gone with a secure career that paid more than I ever made in software.

But at this stage of life? I don’t have the time or money to spend a decade+ paying some institution tens of thousands of dollars to hopefully maybe have a real career.

Once software as a career dies, I suspect many will find themselves locked out the middle class for generations.