> why the worry? Artificially limiting the supply of talent to something that I assume many of us on HN believe to be an important field is not a good thing.

> why the worry? Artificially limiting the supply of talent to something that I assume many of us on HN believe to be an important field is not a good thing. > Why aren't we as worried that not enough men show interest in being nurses or kindergarten teachers or social workers? I think that is important, teaching young children particularly since good teachers can have an enormous influence on a large number of people. One big difference however is in the scale of pay.