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It could raise my wages. Being a doctor was a rather modest middle income wage until the AMA came along to raise barriers to entry.
by hapless 9y ago
It could raise my wages.
Being a doctor was a rather modest middle income wage until the AMA came along to raise barriers to entry.
- siquick 9y agoIf you're a software engineer then you are most likely in the top 1% of earners globally so why do you want to spite others trying to start their career, just so you can earn even more?
- analog31 9y agoI'm not sure about that. The thing about doctors is that people don't decide not to get sick. With programming, if regulation of the industry dampens innovation, it might reduce the demand for software, and consequently, depress wages.
- dasil003 9y agoUnder the current paradigm where wealth is steadily and increasingly being consolidated to the owners of automation, I don't think demand will decrease until the singularity, which is still a long way off, if even possible given our current resource consumption.