Author of the article here. Thanks @pramodbiligiri for posting. Surprising and humbling to see this old article on the HN front page. I haven’t read it in years

Author of the article here. Thanks @pramodbiligiri for posting. Surprising and humbling to see this old article on the HN front page. I haven’t read it in years. When I wrote that, in the wake of the 2008/9 meltdown, I intended to give programmers some career options to think about. More interesting and stable work out there than FAANGs and startups.