alt Hacker News>Writing code doesn't have a notably higher (if at all higher, vs lower!) IQ requirement compared to some of the basic components of EE
Average IQ of Electrical Engineers: 121
https://www.iqcareerlab.com/tools/iq-for-profession/electric...
...which is the top 10% of the population.
Do you believe these numbers? Is there a cite somewhere in the literature for valid, proctored IQ tests being given to representative samples of different professions for these kinds of comparisons? The link you've provided is to a company selling online IQ tests.