It seems plainly clear to me now that these initiatives to get more women in code and more children in code were just poorly-concealed attempts to flood the pro

It seems plainly clear to me now that these initiatives to get more women in code and more children in code were just poorly-concealed attempts to flood the programmer market with bodies to drive wages down. Should kids learn to code? Sure, but that already happens. Kids should have some experience with every career field and programming is already well-represented in many schools.