> since developers are so valuable, shouldn't more and more people become developers until the cost for paying a developer goes way down? There is a natural ce

> since developers are so valuable, shouldn't more and more people become developers until the cost for paying a developer goes way down? There is a natural ceiling of the number of SWEs due to aptitude for programming. Some people simply don't have the grit, tenacity, persistence, or even intelligence for being able to learn to program, much less do it in a professional environment. I've taught many people and of those, perhaps 80% just can't handle it. They see the money, start trying to learn programming, and they give up after a few lessons because they couldn't understand for-loops for example, or they just get bored and conclude it's not worth the effort. I've seen this firsthand.