> In order to be anything approaching a commodity you would have to choose such a narrow slice of expertise that there would hardly be enough experts in that pa

> In order to be anything approaching a commodity you would have to choose such a narrow slice of expertise that there would hardly be enough experts in that particular thing to call it a commodity. Like (backend|desktop)x(Java|.NET) programmers, iOS|Android programmers, Reac^H^H^H^Hweb frontend programmers, or testers? Those are commodity. You can have them dime a dozen (obviously, mediocre, not the best ones).