[davidktr]

And out of the entire work force, what percentage do you consider to be capable software engineers? 5%? 1%?

[TedDoesntTalk]

> 5%? 1%?

Why would you estimate so low? There are a lot of mediocre engineers, myself included, but even they are “capable” depending upon what they are tasked to do.

[Aperocky]

I don't have enough data to come to sweeping generalization of a percentage.

But from my own observations, people who are genuinely interested usually become capable, anecdotally of course.