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A website idea that I've had for a while now but haven't gotten around to implementing is a website to track predictions by people and whether they ever come to
by friedman23 7y ago
A website idea that I've had for a while now but haven't gotten around to implementing is a website to track predictions by people and whether they ever come to pass. Fear mongering is very profitable and it is very damaging to society. We should track every doom sayer's prediction so that when they inevitably make another we can see their track record.
>Mediocrity + two years of tech experience = six figures. Kids who can code and are two years out of school, who are mediocre, are making $100,000-plus in the market. What’s worse is that they believe they’re worth it. If you can code, yay for you. But you have no real hard skills or management ability. Not recognizing that you’re overpaid means you won’t have the funds to avoid your parents’ basement when shit gets real.
Frankly, this person doesn't seem to know what he is talking about. The most profitable companies in the world are software businesses. Why? Because software is a nearly infinite margin product. The marginal cost of software is so inexpensive that the most profitable companies in the world give it away for free.
Given that selling software is so profitable and is a skilled trade (limiting the supply of developers) it is logical that the compensation of software engineers is so high and it will remain high as long as logic and a technical understanding of computers is required to develop software. Software's penetration into the economy is only just starting.