This article is very short sighted and tries to address an issue that cannot be solved by the tools he has. Let's start with the title. "Software Engineers Wil

This article is very short sighted and tries to address an issue that cannot be solved by the tools he has. Let's start with the title. "Software Engineers Will Work One Day for English Majors". How about "Software Engineers Will Work One Day for someone" because those two options are basically the same except that one is flame bait. You have two pills you can choose from: Red pill is entrepreneurship; Blue pill is salary/contract. The red pill is the only way for above title to not be true. Blue Pill means you'll be working for someone. Either pill is fine it comes down to personal preference. Ignoring entrepreneurship (because this article isn't the place for it); the article states that by age X, we will price ourselves out of a job because the newer model is the shinier model. So you shouldn't or be aware that there is a glass ceiling when becoming an engineer. I'm going out on a limb here but, that is the wrong way to think. You are out of a job at age X because you've been sitting on your degree for 10+ years! Go F'n learn something and demonstrate that you are better and deserve that role + salary increase. You work for that "English Major/Human/H1-B Visa" person because they worked harder than you and stole your lunch. Here is a real solution: Create/Find/Get a master’s degree in leadership & management for people with a technical background. These technical people need the soft skills it takes to make it to the next level. Getting rid of a H1-B visa program doesn’t solve the problem; it is just a stop gap. In the end, you just need to update and learn new valuable skills.