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lumberjacks didn't go away when chainsaws were invented; demand for wood rose to meet the falling cost of wood and lumberjacks kept cutting down trees. don't se
by dingnuts 1y ago
lumberjacks didn't go away when chainsaws were invented; demand for wood rose to meet the falling cost of wood and lumberjacks kept cutting down trees. don't see why it won't be any different for programmers.
- spwa4 1y agoIn the US, there were entire cities with essentially just lumberjacks. In other words, there used to be a LOT more lumberjacks than there are today, and they were a lot better paid. Now there are a LOT of software engineers.
- kristianp 1y agoWhat's the equivalent of deforestation in that analogy?
- taylorius 1y agoBut the chainsaws were never developed to the point that the head of wood supplies could ask them to go and chop some trees down by themselves.