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It seems so bizarre to me that there is an r/cscareerquestions at all. And the only other r/__careerquestions are computer-related (IT, UX, DS). It's not like

• barry-cotter 7y ago
  Dentists and architects have laws to stop people practicing their trade. I don’t know about dentistry; it seems too boring to get people spanning the range from enthusiastic amateur to journeyman but if it was still possible to work your way up from draftsman to architect with no qualifications whatsoever there would probably be an equivalent for architects. What’s special about computers is that the associated profession hasn’t won the rent seeking race.
• tpmx 7y ago
  (It does explain the whole webdev/javascript situation a bit, I would claim.) I don't mind people entering this field with a goal of getting rich. The problem is when that is their only motivation. There are definitely lots of other factors at play here, but I kinda look back at the late 90s/early 00s with nostalgia. It seemed like most of the people you worked with, or even interviewed back then had some basic level of sincere passion for the field. Today that's not really the case. That makes the work less fun.