> but look in any middle-class neighborhood: maybe 5% of the people are in tech -- what is everyone else doing?

This comment is why I love HN. Once you sort through all the kiddos who don't know anything about anything, you get golden nuggets like this.

In my middle (almost upper-middle) class neighborhood we have a bunch of doctors and psychologists, a bunch of lawyers, a few retired professionals, a couple professors and.... me in tech.