I got my first programming job in 2011, working on a specialized and computationally heavy desktop app. This already felt like a bit of an anachronism, but smar

I got my first programming job in 2011, working on a specialized and computationally heavy desktop app. This already felt like a bit of an anachronism, but smartphones weren't central to our lives yet and Electron didn't exist. I bet the total number of people who will learn a C++ GUI framework between now and the end of time is smaller than the number who know one now. I was happy to work on anything algorithmic. It seemed like there was so much CRUD and foundational communication stuff happening. All the programming literature talked about "business logic". Now with the rise of machine learning, a new grad might have a better chance of doing non-CRUD work now vs. then.