There is not a "few hundred million good programmers" right now. As of 2018, there's only 23 million software developers worldwide total, let alone whatever you

There is not a "few hundred million good programmers" right now. As of 2018, there's only 23 million software developers worldwide total, let alone whatever you qualify as being "good". From my experience, I'd guess that the percentage of "good" programmers is probably maybe 30% at most (and that's probably being generous). If so, that would mean 7 or 8 million "good" developers out there. At least two orders of magnitude lower than your claim. "According to a study by EDC, as of 2018, there are 23 million software developers worldwide. This population is expected to grow to 27.7 million by 2023." Source: https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-many-software-developers-are-there-in-the-world/ https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-many-software-deve...