> because not anybody wants to be a programmer? Almost anybody who works in retail, manual labor, etc would jump on a job offer for 5x more money, better hours

> because not anybody wants to be a programmer? Almost anybody who works in retail, manual labor, etc would jump on a job offer for 5x more money, better hours, and better working conditions. The reason they don't is they can't get the offers because the skills are hard to learn.