It's not just the US anymore. A child in rural Jamaica can learn to program, if sufficiently motivated and ambitious. Arguendo, if the US has a gap there, that

It's not just the US anymore. A child in rural Jamaica can learn to program, if sufficiently motivated and ambitious. Arguendo, if the US has a gap there, that would only strengthen the macroeconomic trend I described. Why should I pay an illiterate American 150k, when a Jamaican student can do the same better for a fraction of the cost? And yes, many of the Caribbean education systems are increasingly impressive.