Where were you in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s? People have historically hated programmers. They've been picked on for so long that they made a documentary about it called Revenge of the Nerds.
Then something shifted in the 2010s and suddenly it's now cool to be into technology. I used to be picked on for being on the computer all the time, now everyone is addicted to their pocket computer, even the ones who made fun of me for it! It's so bad that we have an entire generation of children who can't function without being glued to a screen 24/7. I don't get what happened. Engagement algorithms?
Are these people unaware that YouTube Shorts is a thing?