Hopefully a few of 'em can transition to teaching HS. If only to be in-your-face counterexamples for too-optimistic children & families - who really want to believe that "computers" is some magic cornucopia of endless high-paying jobs.
Do those people still exist in any significant number? 10 years ago every teenager wanted to get into programming, now I hardly see any. The only one of my teenage kids' friends who shows any interest in studying CS at university or working as a programmer is a bonafide computer nerd.
> ...now politicians think that...
I'd say 's/think/claim/'. 95% of 'em probably know that it's total BS. But also know that telling voters E-Z Quick Fix Happy Lies is the only way to get elected.