> Another problem is that farming doesn't seem very profitable even on the large / capital scale, because the barrier to entry is so low. For what it is worth,

> Another problem is that farming doesn't seem very profitable even on the large / capital scale, because the barrier to entry is so low. For what it is worth, I make considerably more money per hour farming than I do programming, and I get paid quite well to be a programmer. With farming, however, the barrier to entry is actually quite high. That barrier being access to capital. It is the massive debt any normal person has to take on to even think about farming that cripples most. Programmers are quite lucky that you only need one reasonably affordable tool, which almost everyone already owns, and you are eligible to enter the market.