I am torn between -the desire to agree with your point in principle: yes, there is probably a conspiracy of some sort to push these wages down and ignore the

I am torn between -the desire to agree with your point in principle: yes, there is probably a conspiracy of some sort to push these wages down and ignore the reality that these careers can have a huge downside, your wages will at best stagnate, and the number of college grads increase each year -the desire to respond to your point in practice: it seems generally hard to hire computer programmers, they seem to make quite a bit, even if they aren't super-exceptional, and the wages and unemployment statistics for these sorts of jobs seems better than most other career paths