Employers are to blame. "Developers are all the same, find the cheapest ones." Never mind that it might take twice as long to get it right as paying the right p

Employers are to blame. "Developers are all the same, find the cheapest ones." Never mind that it might take twice as long to get it right as paying the right person more for half the time. Not to say there isn't a place for low-price coders, but you don't have a right to complain if low cost was your primary objective. This is just one of many factors behind the startup explosion. The smartest hackers realize that finding an "employer" or "boss" exposes them to a variety of dysfunctions, such as working for a company that may prioritize employee cost over quality or output. And we can pretend that companies prioritizing employee cost over quality will eventually go out of business, and they might, but "eventually" can be 20-30 years if you keep your costs low enough.