We as a race are starving non-tech industries of talent. We pay developers a lot of money, honestly disproportionately to the returns they generate for society

We as a race are starving non-tech industries of talent. We pay developers a lot of money, honestly disproportionately to the returns they generate for society (aside from a handful of extremely specialized and well trained individuals). This is the invisible hand of the market deciding the relative value of fields. Computing is extremely hot right now and it is enjoying a lion's share of society's interest. We do not pay farmers, fruit pickers, garbage men, nurses, cleaners, mailmen, waiters, etc. similarly, despite the fact that our society runs on this underclass of people. We also don't offer them a great quality of life in their jobs. These jobs used to be careers, and now they are temporary camping spots on the way to "real careers", which, I think, is a contemporary american invention, and, annoyingly, a rather sticky meme. What this means is that people are not becoming subject matter experts in these fields. That's a bit of a concern, as SMEs are often well placed to identify opportunities for advancement in an area. You could argue that it's the government's job to compensate for the fanciful nature of people and intervene to balance this out, as markets won't optimize investment and wages to align with the best path for a country. This is, again, undesirable for small government types, and, probably, Americans at large who believe that government is a necessary evil that can do nothing right when it comes to ownership and running companies.