> were more interested in the status of becoming a manager instead of building something great. It is not the status. For long being a manager was the only way

> were more interested in the status of becoming a manager instead of building something great. It is not the status. For long being a manager was the only way of getting a reasonable salary and to get to older age with a job. Developers were young and badly paid. It existed a generation for whom being a developer or just knowing about computer was a high pay job, but that disappeared fast. Nowadays is changing fast. The main factor is companies that create product instead of consultancy companies that sell labour. For a consultancy, their profit is the difference between what a company pays and what the employee gets a salary. For a company with a product, the product quality, features and development time is important, so they pay and respect developers a lot more. I have been part of the indie game development scene in Barcelona. I have met several people in their twenties, half my age, with published successful games in mobile stores and Steam. Barcelona, the city I know, is changing fast for the better. Even that it is going to take time to get rid of the old habits. But I can see myself going back in a decade if they want to hire a developer in his fifties.