[cms07]

I can't wait for the labor surplus to drive down my wages.

[thesimon]

At my High School, everyone had to take a Computer Science class for at least 1 year.

My year had 60 students and I'm the only one studying CS/working in the industry. I'm pretty sure your, mine and everyone's wage will be alright.

Yes, only an anecdote, but it's not like everyone is switching from their dreams to become a doctor/lawyer/pilot/xyz to a CS job just because they had a HS class.

[hasenj]

That's not how it works.

First of all, teaching everyone computer science will not create more programmers. I doubt that's even the intent.

Second, if there were more programmers, there would eventually be more jobs.

More business people would realize the amount of surplus (assuming it ever happens) and they will find ways to utilize it.

or, more technology startups could spring up.

There are still a lot of problems in this world that technology can solve.

[omegaham]

Does teaching algebra drive down the salaries of engineers?

I think that the learning curve between "able to automate simple things in Excel" and "doing software development as a career" is high enough that it's not going to do much to wages.