Some of the confusion is the language is of internships and employment, the behavior is more apprenticeship and early journeyman level. Historically its very u

Some of the confusion is the language is of internships and employment, the behavior is more apprenticeship and early journeyman level. Historically its very unusual to pay apprentices full rate. Nothing, or room and board, or more recently a sliding scale of 50% pay for 50% of formal apprenticeship completed. I've seen three internship situations where grunt labor pay results in grunt labor tasks being assigned instead of learning happening. In the very long run programming is likely to fracture much like the building trades, where most will get an apprenticeship then journeyman then master coder job, there will be some scientists doing research in the trade, and there will be some engineer/architects doing advanced design and verification work. I suspect welding will be a good model. There will be certifications and tests and levels based on industry (or in the coding world, based on language).