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xyz will be a lucrative profession if and only if 1. xyz is gated 2. xyz is intrinsically hard 3. fewer people attempt to get into xyz over time 4. xyz yields
by dxbydt 11y ago
xyz will be a lucrative profession if and only if
1. xyz is gated
2. xyz is intrinsically hard
3. fewer people attempt to get into xyz over time
4. xyz yields higher wages per hour relative to other professions.
I don't see programming fitting any of these axes, let alone all of them.
- dragonwriter 11y agoI don't think the presented axes are correct (#3 I'd argue isn't necessary, though there may be a different supply factor that is, and #4 itself is equivalent to being a currently lucrative profession, it isn't a separate consideration that is necessary), and programming certainly currently meets 4, and arguably meets 2, at least for some significant subfields of programming.