[Luyt]

"Now, I'm hearing people talk about being concerned about the number of quote-unquote 'idea people' flooding the field."

I'm not concerned at all. Ideas are just that: vapor. Show me a concrete implementation. Someone has to actually build that.

[viscanti]

There's more open jobs for good programmers than there are good programmers. The salary is also very competitive with most other industries. I'm surprised we haven't seen more of a flood of people wanting to try their hands at programming and startups.