The US has a very capitalistic economy, maybe too much even. In general, in the US, whenever you hear "there's not enough people to do X" it means "there's not

The US has a very capitalistic economy, maybe too much even. In general, in the US, whenever you hear "there's not enough people to do X" it means "there's not enough people willing to do X for what I want to pay" The truth is, in the US there's a ton of different well-paying careers. CS isn't like medical in US with artificial limits on the number of doctors that graduate every year. The only thing stopping more people from doing CS is money. If they offer enough money they will have a practically unlimited talent pool. Tech CEO's are always whining about lack of tech workers so they can abuse H1B visas to get employees below market rates. Since they're basically indentured servants to their employers for years to decades until they can get a green card. The lack of government money in CS research I think everyone in the tech field agrees with