> I do 0 algebra or geometry. I call APIs, I put stuff in databases. I store state. That's not something to be happy about, that's something to be terrified of

> I do 0 algebra or geometry. I call APIs, I put stuff in databases. I store state. That's not something to be happy about, that's something to be terrified of. If nothing the average coder does requires any particular specialized skills beyond gluing together libraries built by experts, what do you think will happen when, like the coal miners, some technological or societal change comes along that reduces the need for average coders? Demand for coders isn't infinite.