Instead of getting all riled up, it's fair to realize that there is such a thing as free market, demand and the corresponding motivation to supply. Folks write

Instead of getting all riled up, it's fair to realize that there is such a thing as free market, demand and the corresponding motivation to supply. Folks write all sort of controversial opinions (there was this essay a few months back from a UCSD professor in Bloomberg about how CS education is overrated and the folks in CS don't make enough money). My response to these kind of articles is: everything is fair game. If someone or some community thinks CS or math is not for them, it's their right. It's just that the demand will be filled up by folks who do believe in it (like folks from outside US which constitute a significant portion of most CS/tech firms inside US). Ultimately, if some folks in US realize they are losing too much potential out there by refusing to raise their bar, they might re-orient towards the demand. If they don't realize this/stuck in their stubbornness/incompetence, then they didn't probably deserve it anyway (or don't care). Agreed that there is short term pain for folks who get effected by these kind of policies outside their choice.