And what good does today’s software demand do for late career developers laid off during the .com bust? Just in time to have the derivatives shenanigans kill th

And what good does today’s software demand do for late career developers laid off during the .com bust? Just in time to have the derivatives shenanigans kill their retirement accounts right when they needed them? The fact that companies making more money than ever are laying off software engineers indicates that at the very least, this demand isn’t imminent. I don’t think it even makes sense to imagine there’s going to be another internet revolution in the near future. I don’t care about the health of the industry — that will do fine. I’m more concerned with the wellbeing of people pretty likely about to get run over by the productivity train. People’s mortgages, cancer treatments, tuition for kids, and retirement plans don’t care if Microsoft is doing great in 10 years if there’s 8 years until the market needs them again.