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People have been saying this for 40 years and we have seen time and time again, as engineering gets “easier” by 1 click it makes each individual engineer 5x mor
by 0xB31B1B 5y ago
People have been saying this for 40 years and we have seen time and time again, as engineering gets “easier” by 1 click it makes each individual engineer 5x more effective, but it only expands the total pool of people available to do the work by 20%. The effect that dominates is that by making work more efficient/productive, there are many many more places where engineers can be a net value add to business metrics. It’s a textbook case of jevons paradox applied to labor markets.
- roenxi 5y agoJevons' paradox applies to efficiency, not massive increases in the amount of supply. There isn't really an argument that foreign workers are more efficient than local workers (unless they are being paid less!).