The 10% estimate is likely too low. Looking around my social circle, I see: * A grad student neuroscientist (which actually means "Matlab programmer") * A sta

The 10% estimate is likely too low. Looking around my social circle, I see: * A grad student neuroscientist (which actually means "Matlab programmer") * A statistician (which actually means "R programmer") * Various other kinds of scientists and mathematicians, whose day-to-day work is actually programming * A rabbi (who is applying to programming boot camps) * A number of unemployed people, trying to learn to program in various ways (from self-study to degree programs to bootcamps) Most of these would not be counted, but if I talked to them at a dinner party, I would count them as programmers.