That's right. Tons of contractors want to build into GovCloud as well, which will be exploding in the near future. They already have tons of data centers in Northern Virginia due to its proximity to ISPs and the federal government.
That's probably why AT&T has the upper-hand in this case. People can just stream HBO. This hurts rural customers who don't have reliable internet connections, though.
I think the issue is that if you don't understand what a high-level language is doing under the hood, then you will constantly be surprised by side-effects. You shouldn't be using an ORM to substitute for your lack of understanding SQL; you should be using it to automate tasks.
So far there is no way to reliably mass produce graphene. There have been claims in the last year or so that we're getting closer, but nothing real yet.
People won't be leaving that field any time soon. There's already a massive shortage of data science talent in private industry, and adding demand from the government won't help. But with the government shelling out buckets of cash for programs with AI/ML, there will be even more demand, meaning contractors will need to lure in DS talent. People in DS will be making way too much money to want to leave the industry.