I think the opposite would be just as likely, though. During the mid-2000s ZIRP, the tech industry was flush with cash and hurling high six-figure salaries at

I think the opposite would be just as likely, though. During the mid-2000s ZIRP, the tech industry was flush with cash and hurling high six-figure salaries at anyone who could use a flexbox in CSS. With the promise of all this money and high demand came a massive proliferation of coding bootcamps promising to land you one of these lucrative jobs. That drew in lots of people with zero genuine interest in computer science. Anecdotally, everyone in my graduating class majoring in compsci seemed to love the field, but this was back when software dev positions were a lot closer in salary to regular engineering (electrical and mechanical).