It seems to me that in the author's vision of a world where everything is controlled by software but no new software or hardware is created, the only jobs avail

It seems to me that in the author's vision of a world where everything is controlled by software but no new software or hardware is created, the only jobs available will be doing software and hardware maintenance. That said, I have met very few founders with the kind of morals to shut down their company due to the risk of no maintenance.