[forgottenpass]

the answer is the same as why half of the planet wants to be in tech

Because they're nerds?

[...]money, success, and influence.

Oh. Well, I'm sure they'll stay in the field when the find themselves crammed into an open office, working on yet another webapp, with little to no control over product direction. And a wage trajectory of a field that is leveraging it's current cultural cachet to drive a huge recruitment effort.

Once the jig is up, and exposed as just a way to drive down wages, we'll be back to being seen as the hate-worthy nerdy fuckers in the basement. And society will go back to encouraging girls away from the field.

[M_Grey]

I think you're overestimating the relative glamour of waste disposal.