I see a lot of articles that try to apply the current power good developers have given the relative scarcity of computer programmers today. Others talk about h

I see a lot of articles that try to apply the current power good developers have given the relative scarcity of computer programmers today. Others talk about how everyone should start a business (software), not worry about degrees, or even stop whatever they're doing and just start programming. It's this same bubble where we look around and think everyone is using an iPad, on gmail, etc. The truth is most people don't have the bargaining power some of us enjoy, and that's not going to get better, our bargaining power will probably just shrink over time.