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>Writing code doesn't have a notably higher (if at all higher, vs lower!) IQ requirement compared to some of the basic components of EE

Average IQ of Electrical Engineers: 121

https://www.iqcareerlab.com/tools/iq-for-profession/electric...

...which is the top 10% of the population.

https://www.desperateminds.com/blog/iq-120.html

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Do you believe these numbers? Is there a cite somewhere in the literature for valid, proctored IQ tests being given to representative samples of different professions for these kinds of comparisons? The link you've provided is to a company selling online IQ tests.

Is the argument that electrical and mechanical engineers are not smarter than the average person? How about figure 8 (PDF page 86) of:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120905095856/http://www.ssc.wi...

Doesn't this basically make the argument I'm making, that there's no well-defined band of IQ test scores for different professions?

I'm not seeing any other posts of yours on this comment thread. Maybe you forgot to hit the "reply" button (or accidently outed an alt?) My only point was that majormajor saying that programmers might only be roughly the same smartness as electrical or mechanical engineers would put them comfortably above the average person.

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