[supertofu]

The percentage of U.S. Citizens with the education and temperment to become software engineers is way smaller than you are assuming here.

[mcculley]

I have been a software engineer for 30 years before falling into running a tugboat company. I am not assuming anything.

[alemanek]

Ok, now I am really interested in your story.

If you don’t mind sharing. How did you find yourself in a second career as the owner/operator of a tugboat company?

[mcculley]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36951413

[red-iron-pine]

tell me more. there are days when IT ain't fun and I miss the ocean...

[nradov]

What is that percentage exactly?

There are no particular education requirements for writing software. Some of the best developers have no formal education in the field.