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> just you wait until supply of programmers catch up Been hearing this for decades and the only things happening are: 1. The multiplier effect of programmers
by brandonmenc 12y ago
> just you wait until supply of programmers catch up
Been hearing this for decades and the only things happening are:
1. The multiplier effect of programmers keeps going up.
2. Programming work is growing faster than the supply of programmers.
I don't plan on seeing these trends reverse during my lifetime. It's not a zero-sum game.
- collyw 12y agoIs there evidence of this? In Europe all I have seen is wages going down over the last 10 - 15 years. Admittedly I only started taking notice during the dot com boom, but I get the impression they were better before that. The other thing I notice is that I personally manage a database that would have taken three of four people ten years ago. We have loads more frameworks and libraries that make the task manageable. I use Django, whereas ten years ago, the stuff done by Django would likely be done with in house libraries, so needed more people. Also I think many of the problems are "solved", we have ideas about how to do things that were not as clear when the internet was staring out.