[pydry]

I think the causality is probably reversed. Commoditization and development of a transactional relationship with the employee leads to overemployment.

Ive noticed that the places where people do tend to be the ones where 5x productivity is rewarded with 1x the pay and a pat on the back, which is more common than the more rational 5x pay for 5x productivity.

If that is the case then the rational economic agent (a developer) operating in a free market will find an outlet for that productivity that produces material gains in line with their increased productivity.