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Yep, law or medicine. Maybe biotech.

Don't be mislead by Silly Valley - most working programmers sit in cubicles cranking out code for the same salary as any other office worker while their managers plot and scheme day and night how to offshore their jobs.

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I think you're severely overestimating how much an office worker makes or you underestimate how much a decent programmer makes. Though likely both.

If you only consider salaries at major companies in SF/Seattle/NYC/Chicago, or you only look at the salaries of graduates from top programs, then sure. But the average programmer, graduated from an average school and working at an average company, probably makes a salary not too different from anyone else with a STEM degree.

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