I think the high wages are due to a lack of understanding from non-programmers. Non-technical folk see it as scary or hard to understand so would rather pay som

I think the high wages are due to a lack of understanding from non-programmers. Non-technical folk see it as scary or hard to understand so would rather pay someone else to handle that stuff. We're on the inside looking out, not everyone wants to understand. As I'm sure we're all familiar with- i.e. the conversation killer of explaining our day job or even mentioning I'm in software/IT/programming etc.