Is that really the only effect you can think of? The flip-side of lower salary is more people can do it, including hobbyists, non-profits and others creating u

Is that really the only effect you can think of? The flip-side of lower salary is more people can do it, including hobbyists, non-profits and others creating useful things in the world that benefit everyone. It's not a zero sum game. Playing this kind of knowledge gatekeeping can work for a time, but it's a double-edge sword. Yeah you might profit for a while, but eventually someone will come and yank the rug out from under you because you have no competitive or innovative muscle left. The way I look at it is this: if someone can automate something they should. As a programmer I've never had a shortage of higher order problems to solve. The skills that make you a good programmer allow you to move up the foodchain as lower-level problems are solved. You should embrace this rather than fight against it. Early in my career I was making websites for $2-5k a pop, now most of that can be done with Shopify or Squarespace for $5/month. Can you imagine if I was still clinging on to that business model today? I'm sure it would be a pretty anxious existence wondering when the clients will dry up, and frankly I'm pretty happy not worrying about SFTPing someones files somewhere and hoping they don't call me when they misplace their password. So am I scared about no-code tools? Hell no, I welcome these developments. If more smart entrepreneurs can get started building cool things and get traction, it's only a matter of time before they outgrow those tools, and come to me asking how we can take it to the next level. Same goes for big data, ML, etc. All of these are tools, we are nowhere near general AI that will obsolete a smart human technical mind.