More likely software developers are, for the most part, middle class – deriving their income from a combination of labor and land/capital. While software devel

More likely software developers are, for the most part, middle class – deriving their income from a combination of labor and land/capital. While software developers just starting out are apt to be working class, when you receive a comparatively high income for your labor it soon becomes hard to find things to do with it if you don't start investing in land/capital, so one in that position doesn't stay working class for long.