> Fair enough, but this proves the author's point. Development used to be on such a level and has steadily declined. I agree, I know a few "old timers" and the

> Fair enough, but this proves the author's point. Development used to be on such a level and has steadily declined. I agree, I know a few "old timers" and they seem to have it better in the early days. I guess this is the case with all human activity, over time it becomes optimized as know-how spreads to more people. The best professions long term are those where gate keeping is employed (license, nepotism, high creativity, people able to perform at top 1%), short term profession gets a boost from being "the new thing", which programing is not anymore.