Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be coders, Jensen Huang warns

The hard truth is, software devs/engineers/programmers/etc. have low social value/status despite their earning power.

It simply isn't respected in society. It's either perceived with contempt at, e.g. west coast privileged tech workers, or with disdain as a job for nerdy/feeble people everywhere else.

So the result is, a "software engineer" is desired at best as a provider of money and resources. It will never be sexy/desired --that role will be resolved for the gentleman maintaining your fancy pool while you're busy writing code.

This is the real reason a parent might steer their kid away from this path.