You missed the biggest effect specific to this community, which is that the raising rivals cost strategy of way overpaying for talent by the big guys seems to b

You missed the biggest effect specific to this community, which is that the raising rivals cost strategy of way overpaying for talent by the big guys seems to be abating. Programmers should expect serious headwinds in their compensation as that goes away as the big guys start valuing current profit over wrecking potential future competitors ability to compete by pricing them out of the programmer labor market. On the bright side, if you choose your startup wisely, this will mint a lot of wealthy programmers as the next big thing is developed and flourishes.