On: Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In

[waterlesscloud]

We actually have a surplus of lawyers right now, at this very moment. Large numbers of people with law degrees are unable to find work in the field.

So fewer people are going to law school. And this is true even at the top end. The most talented people are going into law in lesser numbers.

It's not a theory, it's actual fact.

[cheez → waterlesscloud]

That's pretty much how free markets operate. There is nothing wrong with it. The idea that X profession deserves the smartest kid in the room is nonsense if the profession has found out how to get along without that kid.