Interesting post. But is it really strange that it is hard to find people who are interested in programming, or who are willing to invest in learning it? No mat

Interesting post. But is it really strange that it is hard to find people who are interested in programming, or who are willing to invest in learning it? No matter how we improve it, in the end, programming is just instructing a machine how to conduct itself. Which is an activity that attracts only a few people who are intrinsically fascinated by that, and some others that learn the craft because it is good for its money. We can improve the state of programming to make it more fun or easier to learn or understand, but whether you are writing a process scheduler or programming LEGO Mindstorms, the activity in itself doesn't change. You are still interacting with machines, not humans, you are mastering a creative process, which doesn't always sit well with working as a team, and the end result of your work is machine behaviour. These constraints are bound to scare off a lot of people. Improving the state of programming won't change that.