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Accountants thought spreadsheets would kill their profession, instead demand for them exploded.

Compilers made it much easier to code compared to writing everything in Assembly. Python made it much easier to code than writing C. Both increased the demand for coders.

Code is a liability, not an asset. The fact that less technical people and people who are not trained engineers can now make useful apps by generating millions of lines of code is also only going to increase the need for professional software engineers.

If you're doing an HTML or even React boot camp, I think you'd be right to be a bit concerned about your future.

If you're studying algorithms and data structures and engineering best practices, I doubt you have anything to worry about.

parent sixhobbits 2 years ago

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