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What about when everyone becomes a programmer (now) and starts a race to the bottom?

• adamredwoods 5y ago
  I don't think everyone will want to become a developer, and it's not a job just anyone wants to jump into. Compare this profession to say, the legal industry (the first example I could think of), where being a good lawyer/barrister is a high-paying profession. The law career may have a saturation point and regionally limited, but it still exists and pays well in certain situations. I could see entry-level developer job salaries drop, but rise rapidly with experience. That would be my first indicator of a market correction.
• polski-g 5y ago
  Not everyone has the cognitive ability to become a programmer.
  • brailsafe 5y ago
    You don't need to be a genius to be a programmer. Yes, some people aren't capable of it, but there's a lot of middle ground. Being capable of being a programmer is more about disposition imo than intellect. I've had at least 2 people I don't regularly talk to ask me about getting into it as a career switch, and I say that it's fine, but more miserable than you'd expect.
• ozim 5y ago
  I don't see it happening because I mostly see business people who don't even want to compete with me. They just don't care about the same things I do care about. I see people don't even care to spend 30mins on learning how to use their computer in a better way that would save them hours of clicking.