I think it's partly driven by fear - a fear that I myself share in spite of having a degree (or maybe because I have a degree?) that the standards are going to

I think it's partly driven by fear - a fear that I myself share in spite of having a degree (or maybe because I have a degree?) that the standards are going to change, the ground is going to shift underneath their feet and they'll find themselves no longer employable as programmers, or as anything else after having nothing except programming in their background.