[brianwawok]

Tech can generate enormous wealth. Talking on the order of 1 guys code for Google might bring in 100s of millions of dollars of revenue (granted most guys codes contribute far far less).

I find it rather hard to generate 100s of millions of dollars of wealth through metal working.

On the flip side, which is harder to outsource? For metal trinkets it would be similar, for stuff that needs to be on prem.. metal working would be outsource proof.

[bayesian_horse]

Outsourcing doesn't affect the labor market. Offshoring does. And there's no such thing as choosing to offshore or not. Everything that can get offshored gets offshored, which isn't actually that much. Supply of tech labor in other countries is just as tight.

[brianwawok]

> Everything that can get offshored gets offshored, which isn't actually that much.

Eh, there are some moats. For example around Law.

Imagine how much members of the US could save with offshored and outsourced law?

But lawyers have a strong guild protecting them. Software developers do not.