[GekkePrutser]

They did say "at Apple".

But Carmack is from a generation where developers were often still working on something on their own.

I do see a shift to a model where developers are viewed more as a commodity and less as artists. In a "just throw more developers at the problem" kind of way.

[pitched]

It feels like the trend right now is that developers are more expensive than managers. So if they’re a commodity, it’s the most precious kind. If the power dynamic keeps shifting that way though, I bet we’ll see some more like artists and less like cogs in the machine. Maybe not so much artists and more like other professionals.

[amelius]

Unfortunately, having a unique ability is no guarantee for not being treated like dirt, history tells us. E.g. look at how women have been treated historically up to recently.

[p_l]

"Shift"?

It's been around long enough that seminar works on management calling the practice out are disregarded by some as outdated just by age

[amelius]

Everybody wants to commoditize their complement. This includes managers.