"Little or no required education" really? Sitting at the cashier requires little or no education, but doing programming requires much more education (either on

"Little or no required education" really? Sitting at the cashier requires little or no education, but doing programming requires much more education (either on your own or someone has to teach you). From my perspective a lot people I know aren't capable of programming just as they are unable to solve mathematical problems (and a lot of people can't even do basic math when buying at grocery store). Not to mention that here where I work you are tested for your knowledge and problem solving skills - so although there is a high demand there are still very few that are hired. BTW. About 15 years ago I heard that it's not a good choice to go and study computer science because there are a lot of others that do it and the market will be saturated. And we know how it is saturated right now (it isn't). There are more and more "places" where software wasn't needed before (e.g. cars, TVs) and now it is required - demand for programmers increases.