I was at my engineering college reunion around the time this piece was written. It was shocking the number of people that had pivoted from chemistry, physics, b

I was at my engineering college reunion around the time this piece was written. It was shocking the number of people that had pivoted from chemistry, physics, biology, or engineering into "software engineering", including people who hold PhDs in non-CS fields. It does feel like the programming profession has been sucking up talent left and right. I live in a non-coastal tech center and have the opposite problem- I love my friends, but almost none of my social circle programs for a living. It would be nice to be able to talk tech more outside of dedicated meetups or hackathons.