[pbourke]

Counterpoints:

- before Coronavirus, there was a shortage of people to work in software (if you believe BLS)

- software employment represents a very small portion of the labor force

- there are many problems that have just happened that will require software to solve

- while there are undoubtedly industries that will be hard hit, there are many software-intensive sectors that will see growth as a result of the crisis (ecommerce for one)

- the world in 1999 was much different. the internet was a curiosity, now it's essential.

- and finally, companies that are looking to implement efficiencies (read: lay people off) turn to .. software

edit, one more:

- many software positions over the past decade+ have been filled by immigrants. Going forward the US is going to be much less friendly to immigration, so competition for jobs will go down for US workers