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by mrdependable 661 days ago
Who is going to be left to write unique code if programming is seen as a terrible career choice?
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There are still people alive today making good money writing COBOL. There are still professional blacksmiths alive today. I don’t always think the free market solves everything, but in this case specifically I think it will. When there’s a dearth of programmers, and a clear need for those programmers, wages will go up. And there will be people to fill those roles? particularly because I think it will continue to be a hobby for a long time.
It would become a contrarian "secret" used by startups.