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> we will have more software written by a smaller number of people This was the past IMO. Future will have larger number of people writing even more software.
by codegladiator 6y ago
> we will have more software written by a smaller number of people
This was the past IMO. Future will have larger number of people writing even more software.
I wonder if the author has met people working in non-software industries, but most software is still unwritten. What we have nowis most amount of software for software developers.
- chii 6y ago> Future will have larger number of people writing even more software. When the majority of the population became educated inn literacy, there wasn't a huge jump for everybody to start writing novels. They merely started writing smaller things - letters, notes, and short form, one-off stuff. It's the same with software skills. There are going to be an increase, but in the form of small scripts and one-offs for tasks, rather than more software "products".
- codegladiator 6y agoSure, I agree that the newer software might not particularly be innovative or large. At this stage we just need a lot more CRUD apps than ever.
- nrclark 6y agoThat's an insightful perspective that I hadn't considered.
- novok 6y agoWhen the entire world became literate, the demand for good writing skyrocketed in comparison to the illiterate world.
- goatlover 6y agoHowever, there was still an increase in authors and the number of books in addition to everything else being written.