The tech sector has shifted from rewarding growth to rewarding profitability. The result means trimming developer headcount substantially. Meanwhile the rest of

The tech sector has shifted from rewarding growth to rewarding profitability. The result means trimming developer headcount substantially. Meanwhile the rest of the economy is experiencing record low unemployment and a mild recovery from a record high spike in inflation. Keeping all that in mind there is no longer a real incentive to become a developer. The wages are no longer keeping pace against skilled trade crafts, tech jobs are now extremely hard for initially enter, and nobody can objectively define competence. Furthermore the tech sector, in general, is supremely starved of real leadership at every level. So, what incentive is there to be a developer versus commercial construction, for example?