That assumes a random distribution of potential programmers. Isn’t IQ highly correlated with both familial wealth and programming ability? I doubt anyone’s compared the programmer-nature with wealth directly, but if the two are also highly correlated, that 1% could mostly already have access to the training they need. Offering to 10x more would just get you (slightly less than) 10x more bad programmers.
That assumes a random distribution of potential programmers. Isn’t IQ highly correlated with both familial wealth and programming ability? I doubt anyone’s compared the programmer-nature with wealth directly, but if the two are also highly correlated, that 1% could mostly already have access to the training they need. Offering to 10x more would just get you (slightly less than) 10x more bad programmers.