Nice to hear such an optimistic viewpoint. I find some comfortable truths in this essay, but he kind of glosses over some major things. The moving targets tha

Nice to hear such an optimistic viewpoint. I find some comfortable truths in this essay, but he kind of glosses over some major things. The moving targets that are the latest fads in languages (every six years a new "generation" does the same old thing their way) and shifts in market demand certainly create an environment requiring constant learning. Unless you're in business for yourself and taking on more risk and stress, your earnings will top out in the low six-figures so you have to value daily comfort and health insurance over any grand ambition or ability to disappear for months at a time. Outsourcing and immigrants willing to work longer hours for less money are a constant macro threat to this comfort zone too. To say that it requires almost no education isn't true. An engineering or computer science degree surely makes it easier to get a job. Whether that training makes a difference at work if you started coding at age 9 anyway is debatable but a degree gets you recognition as a professional and shows that you have deep cross-training in math and physics. I do agree coding non-mission critical applications is pretty low stress and for the most part you have a chance at a decent quality of life.