It would be very instructive to see a studied comparison of what factory work looked like during its peak as a well-compensated profession in the US, and what i

It would be very instructive to see a studied comparison of what factory work looked like during its peak as a well-compensated profession in the US, and what is happening in software development now. Certainly there are meaningful differences, but I am pretty driven by a concern that we are the factory workers of the future -- people whose profession used to guarantee a comfortable wage, but no longer.