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Only 0.3% of the world population are programmers
I just realized how small of a number (26.8 million) that is in comparison to the >7 billion people in the world.
So much leverage created through technology by so few.
- pwason 5y agoThe Good / Bad / Ugly quotients would be good to know.
- crate_barre 5y agoJust apply the normal distribution to the 26 million.
- simplicialset 5y agoAnd even fewer of those programmers (e.g. Linus, Stallman) are actually the ones that created 80% or more of the software that the rest rely on.
- sgt 5y agoYeah, I guess around 10% are actual good programmers, then 0.1% are 10x guys?
- patatino 5y agoWell, it sounds like a lot to me. Many do not work at all. Kids, older people, etc. So working people that would be like double? Also many many more in IT in general.
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y agoWonder what the most common occupation is, worldwide.
- iancmceachern 5y agoIts gotta be farmer, or rancher, or something agriculture related.
- mod 5y agoI don't know, that's been scaled pretty far, where farms and especially ranches don't take many workers. My guess is teacher.
- burntoutfire 5y ago> I don't know, that's been scaled pretty far ... in developed countries. Meanwhile, the two most populous continents (Asia and Africa) still have a lot of small-scale farming.
- oschvr 5y agoWhere did you got that statistic from ?
- numbers_guy 5y agoWhere did you get the numbers from? I am curious if it counts people who do not exclusively write software but who are nonetheless also programming as part of their job.