I'm not surprised
Bedroom coders are probably doing it because they are interested and in my experience passion for a subject usually makes you better at it that someone who is doing it "because my career teacher said there were good paying jobs in IT".
I'm not sure how people select Uni course these days...presumably not always for sensible reasons. Only this week I was at a meeting where a pretty intelligent young chap said he was going to Uni to study 'x'. He said "I don't know what 'x' is, but I guess I'll find out soon".
PS. I may be biased...I was a bedroom coder who used my interest in IT to make a 30+ year (and counting) career in IT.
Paris...because she's passionate.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
