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It boils down to supply and demand, though, right? I think the large number of people who love programming makes getting an "elite" programming job difficult.
by GlennS 6y ago
It boils down to supply and demand, though, right?
I think the large number of people who love programming makes getting an "elite" programming job difficult.
But, I think the vast majority of people think they'd hate or couldn't do programming, and so never consider it as a job despite how much demand there is for it. And that keeps our entry level wages safe.
- scarface74 6y agoThere is an entire world of people who are willing to work for less and developing can be done remotely. Even ignoring that. Everything gets commoditized over time. How much does your typical PHP/Wordpress developer make now? Companies like make it easy for someone who doesn’t know anything about programming to make a decent website. There are companies now that make it easy to make a cut and paste iOS app.
- jlokier 6y agoPHP/Wordpress developer salaries are low by developer standards, but compare favourably with jobs in general (median income). So PHP/Wordpress developer is still a great job from that point of view.
- scarface74 6y agoAnd even that is being commoditized by sites like Squarespace where you don’t need to know that. But have you looked at what developers are charging on places like UpWork? Even the simplest mobile app use to cost a lot. Now you have services like this. https://buildfire.com/ https://buildfire.com/