> It appears altogether clear to me that supply and demand explains programming compensation perfectly My thoughts exactly. Demand for programming is growing

> It appears altogether clear to me that supply and demand explains programming compensation perfectly My thoughts exactly. Demand for programming is growing faster than the supply of programmers. Not only is demand growing because ever more devices demand an ever-growing amount of software, but also because every already existing line of code in production needs somebody to keep it from falling over. This compounding effect further escalates demand.