I don't think prompt engineering shares a whole lot with humanities higher education, but the argument that English is easier seems very non-obvious to me. I'd

I don't think prompt engineering shares a whole lot with humanities higher education, but the argument that English is easier seems very non-obvious to me. I'd expect the relative skill floor for English to be significantly higher because everyone in the anglosphere gets a minimum of 12 years of intensive English education. Moreover, the starting point for additional higher education is usually native fluency/mastery and even then jobs requiring actual English credentials will usually require a graduate degree on top. Contrast that with programming, where most developers will have learned their first language in college and those 1-3 years of introductory education were enough that they're usually considered hireable by the end of undergrad. Some (few) people can even get to that point with only a 3-6 month intensive bootcamp despite no prior experience.