[taffydavid]

> We were taught that generalists and specialists will always have their roles. But now the market is shaping everyone into becoming a generalist. That's not a bad thing per se, until you look under the economics of supply and demand: if everyone is a generalist, the price of a generalist falls if there's no demand to match. And we all know the demand is drying up.

I see many posts like this every month, and have many conversations with friends and colleagues who think the same, and I see two trends - like this author, they all joke about becoming carpenters, or electricians. Overwhelmingly, electricians. These two professions seem to be held in special regard by software engineers craving the simple life.

I hate to burst yet another bubble, but supply and demand economics apply here too folks. We can't all become electricians and carpenters. The work isn't there. In fact there's gonna be less work there than there is now of the economy tanks and nobody can afford to build or even renovate a house anymore