>And you can get good enough to do things without getting genius level great, or even good at the level (or with the ease) of the person with the innate talent
Maybe. It depends on how much innate talent you do have. Talent isn't an on off switch. It's a spectrum. It's possible to have enough talent to be a genius, to be just below a genius, to be good enough, but also to not even be good enough to reach a minimal employable threshold. It depends on the person.
>The industry needs tens of millions of programmers, for all kinds of levels, not only innate-talent-software-gurus.
Maybe. It depends on how much innate talent you do have. Talent isn't an on off switch. It's a spectrum. It's possible to have enough talent to be a genius, to be just below a genius, to be good enough, but also to not even be good enough to reach a minimal employable threshold. It depends on the person.
>The industry needs tens of millions of programmers, for all kinds of levels, not only innate-talent-software-gurus.
But who gets the best rewards?