I think this is a lot of perception and to be perfectly blunt, complete bullshit. People who think that just because tasks have become easier for experts in th

I think this is a lot of perception and to be perfectly blunt, complete bullshit. People who think that just because tasks have become easier for experts in that field that they are easier for everyone are just plain wrong. I know this through personal experience. If you are just making static websites for small businesses and trying to compete with 1&1, then sure, you're going to have a hard time getting rich. But that's always been the case. You will never make a lot of money selling services to people or businesses that are highly price-sensitive or just don't need (or see a need) for a more sophisticated product. I wasted a lot of time selling services to these types of customers and I can tell you it's a mistake. Choose your customers wisely and go for one's that have money to spend. That type do not want to spend any time splitting hairs to get a shitty product. They want something that is great and will pay handsomely for it. The challenge in that is proving your worth, but as I said before that's always been the case and there's nothing new about that. EDIT: I realize that is a little vague, so let me add some hard numbers. On my first large web dev contract I built a custom website (not incredibly complex) for a guy who had a $250k budget. I met him through the local Chamber of Commerce. I went back-and-forth about how much to charge him for the specs we discussed and in the end went to him with a quote of $15k (quite a lot of money for a single project for me at the time) and his response was something along the lines of "Okay, that sounds great!" Fuck me for not realizing that I could have charged more. Moral of the story is one that is becoming trite at this point: people who know how to code and sell are rare but for some reason seem to undervalue themselves a great deal. That's a huge advantage for those that do not.