This could be a good thing. Remember that there are three major groups of students.
Those who were already interested.
Those who might be interested with a little introduction and good teaching.
Those who will never be interested.
The first group is a minority. Perhaps a few students each school year. However, it's the middle group who may go on to work in science and engineering, or other disciplines which use computers for simulation and analysis, and for these people an introduction to what happens behind the scenes may be very useful.
It won't result in poor software engineers begging on the streets offering stories of the good old days.
That said, it's reasonable to expect a few more software engineers to turn up in 10 years.
The real advantage will be a user base which is more sympathetic to the software engineer, because the SE's world is a little better understood.
But hey, people call me an optimist.
Tim B.
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