There's a parallel here, between the medical field requiring 8+ years of schooling to put in stitches, and the days (not so distant) when most software companie

There's a parallel here, between the medical field requiring 8+ years of schooling to put in stitches, and the days (not so distant) when most software companies wouldn't hire you to write an online mortgage interest calculator unless you had passed classes in compiler design and calculus. edit: that said though, your opening question is kind of odd - doesn't pretty much everyone view the medical field as a racket?