@samir the number skews way downwards once one realizes that the vast majority of programmers are not only not in Silicon Valley, but really not in tech companies.

So many programmers all around the world working in local systems to help drive local businesses of all sizes and local governments.

The "tech industry" that is overrepresented in English-speaking social media is only a part of what programming as a global activity really is, even if they hold great power over that whole.