[DrewADesign]

> Programmers will get a pat on the back.

* shoved in the back while facing the door, and told it’s their own fault for getting screwed over.

If you want to know what the future holds for the software dev field, look at copywriters and concept artists. The tech world has been so coddled for so long that many developers think their high salaries, cushy work conditions and clout come from their inherent worth as people rather than persistently high demand for their professional skillset. They’ve got another thing coming.

[star-glider]

I'd argue that a lot of knowledge workers in general are about to experience a similar rude awakening. To the clear benefit of society as a whole, who are spared rents, but it won't be fun for the entitled.

[DrewADesign]

> I'd argue that a lot of knowledge workers in general are about to experience a similar rude awakening.

Hard Agree. That’s why I picked up a trade after 15 years of solid knowledge work, mostly in dev roles.

> To the clear benefit of society as a whole

Hard disagree.

The problem is that a disproportionate part of the benefits will simply get transferred to the people who are already rich. I’d be gobsmacked to see anything beyond moderate benefits for everybody else, while moving the middle class demarcation farther up than it’s already risen. Our society seems to be set up to transfer wealth to the rich almost as ruthlessly as imperialism.

[oblio]

> To the clear benefit of society as a whole, who are spared rents, but it won't be fun for the entitled.

Why?

These people aren't the modern day equivalent of aristocrats.

They're not even the modern day equivalent of the bourgeoisie.

They're the modern day equivalent of the craftsmen/guild members.

Taking out the craftsmen won't enrich the farmers and unskilled workers.