[ferguess_k]

If you want to make money, IT is still one of the best fields out there for people without much of a connection.

It is also one of the fields that does have very complex systems. OS kernels, distributed database engines, AAA game engines, you name it.

[yulaow]

It is just in USA and some other few nations. In most of the rest of the world a sw dev is paid just a bit more than a standard office job

[helij]

And sometimes that's enough for a good and fulfilling life.