Re:Ask HN: Why don't developers unionize?
by mrmaximus on Friday February 03, 2017 @08:14PM
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> I see a future where a developer is paid the salary of a retail cashier and it scares me.
The only way that will happen is if Point-of-Sale systems become so complex that a developer has to run them, or development becomes as easy as punching buttons on a Point-of-Sale system.
Re:Ask HN: Why don't developers unionize?
by booleandilemma on Friday February 03, 2017 @08:27PM
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The difficulty of development doesn't have to change, and I'm not saying it will, but the number of people who know how to program will increase.
Re:Ask HN: Why don't developers unionize?
by dsacco on Saturday February 04, 2017 @11:41AM
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That concerns me as well. If you'd like some consolation, make a job post and interview "senior software engineers" sometime. Try fizzbuzz as a first question (yes, even in 2017).
But I don't think it will always be this way. With the rise of bootcamps and the influx of new developers we're going to see over the next 15 years, thanks to all of today's kids learning to code, I think developers are at serious risk of becoming commoditized. I see a future where a developer is paid the salary of a retail cashier and it scares me.