[baddox]

I’m actually surprised by that, although based on little more than my own experience of neither parent working in programming or IT or even technology. I would have assumed that, since computing itself is a fairly new field (only a few generations to work with) and presumably a very quickly-growing and -changing field in the last generation or two, the “new recruits” would vastly outnumber the children of programmers.

[randomdata]

I am also surprised by it due to the fact that "Farmers and ranchers have parents who are farmers and ranchers at a rate 8 times the rest of the population."

Being a farmer myself, I don't think I have ever met a fellow farmer who didn't also have parents in the business. In my experience, the hurdles of getting into the role (required capital, knowledge, etc.) in this day in age seem insurmountable without family help. While anecdotal, I find it difficult to believe it is that close to computer programmers, where first generation workers appear to be quite common.

[baddox]

That’s a good example, especially considering that farming has ludicrous capital costs while programming has very low capital costs.