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Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by xevb3k on Friday February 09, 2018 @10:02AM (#16340608)
I don’t see the equivalence. Yes, the skill you listed take some time to acquire. But few master them to a professional level, yet still use them regularly in their jobs.

I think programming is on the same trajectory. We might not even recognize many of the tools as “programming” (they might look more like spreadsheets). But I think general up take of programming skill will increase.

Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by Supernaut on Friday February 09, 2018 @10:22AM (#16340785)
> Yes, the skill you listed take some time to acquire. But few master them to a professional level

So you're contending that few people can fluently read or write their own native language?

Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by xevb3k on Saturday February 10, 2018 @12:00AM (#16345978)
I’m saying that few people write as their sole occupation (novelists, maybe journalists etc). Others use it as part of their professional work, but it is not their sole professional work.

Similarly I’m suggesting software engineering will be part of many people’s professional work, but will be the sole professional work of few.