> the fact remains that only half of college students who majored in science, technology, engineering or math-related subjects get jobs in their field after gra

> the fact remains that only half of college students who majored in science, technology, engineering or math-related subjects get jobs in their field after graduation. Most of (~70%?) my colleagues from engineering university indeed went to banks or management consulting firms. The thing is that none of them can or ever wanted to code. I see no sense in using this fact to argue that there is no skills gap. More broadly, I am part of this "code craze" and decided to learn to code. I think it is a great thing and I advise all my friends with children to include some basic programming skills in their education. I am not even in the US. I am not directly affected by this huge corps influence (I think). I used freeCodeCamp.org to learn. And actually, the transition to becoming a software developer made me move from Windows to Linux in both my professional and personal computers. I have no doubt that companies are using this trend as an opportunity to grow. But companies do that with Christmas, seasons of the year, wind, sunlight, demographic transition... Personally, I have two certainties: learning basic coding skills is a good thing for students and companies are pursuing their own interests. One thing doesn't exclude the other.