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You seem to be saying that there is fixed demand for programmers and oversupply means less hiring. But the history of technology says that demand is recursive;
by brookst 4y ago
You seem to be saying that there is fixed demand for programmers and oversupply means less hiring.
But the history of technology says that demand is recursive; the more tech produced, the more demand there is for producers.
There may be a time when we hit the old “the whole world only needs 5 computers”[0] limit, but I don’t think we’re anywhere close. AI is providing leverage to create net more programming; it is not replacing programmers in a zero sum game.
0. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/feb/21/computing.supercomputers https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/feb/21/computing...
- flippinburgers 4y agoSounds a bit too much like a perpetual motion machine to me.