Developernomics

[NotAllThere]

The Rise of Developeronomics - Forbes

[PAH]

But there is one safe haven, if you know how to invest in it: software developers.

Worth our weight in gold.

Fire up the spam bots and send that link to all the companies in the UK, before they decide Bob is a good software developer.

[suityou01]

The Rise of Developeronomics - Forbes

The thing is, software talent is extraordinarily nonlinear. It even has a name: the 10x engineer (the colloquial idea, originally due to Frederick Brooks, that a good programmer isn’t just marginally more productive than an average one, but an order of magnitude more productive). In software, leverage increases exponentially with expertise due to the very nature of the technology.

So true.

[Mich the Tester]

I know my place.

[PAH]

Definitely true.

On one project me and another 4 contractors (2 developers, 1 data messer-abouter, 1 tester, 1 project manger) were replaced with around 30 IBM numpties.

Typically, the solution not only became unnecessarily more complex but the consultants raped the company on the usual service/support scam.

IBM? I've tulip em.

[alreadypacked]

I have thought about this, but it's the first time I have seen it summed up so well.

As software eats the world and every company turns into a software company

[PAH]

Also true of the internet. Lots of stuff can be replaced with online services, as can be seen with the death of the high street.

And they all need software too.

[wobbegong]

Lots of stuff can be replaced with online services, as can be seen with the death of the high street.

True.

This'll be the third year in a row that all the Christmas pressie shopping has been done online. No queuing for a parking space, trudging about in the wind and rain, being pushed from all angles, getting unbrellas in your face only to face the poor, ill-informed, often indifferent, and sometimes even rude service offered by most High Street retailers (despite facing declining sales) and to pay over the odds for the privilege too.

[PAH]

It goes further than that too. Music, movies, books, games, communication (TV, telephone, mail) all computerised, all requiring software.

So if you're looking for a skill that can't either be computerised or outsource abroad, there's burger flipper, plumber, builder, electrician, and any other manual labour oriented skill.

Everything else is up for grabs.

[doodab]

I've been thinking about becoming a plumber actually. I've always enjoyed flushing my pipes out.