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This seems like saying that because all modern businesses depend on electricity, working in the utilities sector will always be lucrative. It's true that develo
by yummypaint 4y ago
This seems like saying that because all modern businesses depend on electricity, working in the utilities sector will always be lucrative. It's true that developers are necessary, but it doesn't mean they are important, or that they will always be in high demand.
- sdenton4 4y agoElectricity is a commodity, though, and software is very much not.
- JamesianP 4y agoIndeed this is the whole game. Turn everyone else's contribution into a commodity and eat their lunch. Not just the energy, but the hardware (e.g. Microsoft vs IBM) and even the libraries they provide (e.g. app developers versus apple). I think software has gained a disproportionate advantage because tech has been changing so fast and software can adapt the easiest (which matters more than it should perhaps due to software patents).