I have as much data to back up my point as you do yours but IMO for basic CRUD app type stuff (ie a large bulk of programming jobs) most people could be trained

I have as much data to back up my point as you do yours but IMO for basic CRUD app type stuff (ie a large bulk of programming jobs) most people could be trained up to be relatively competent. Note that these are jobs I wouldn't want but they are legion and they're not intellectually challenging.