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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by mikestew on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @02:12PM (#27595082)
I'm not sure that this ever amounted to more than a urban legend.

Urban legend? Entire books were written on the subject, by respected authors, too:

https://www.amazon.com/Decline-American-Programmer-Edward-Yo...

The book is not only pushing 30 years old, it was crap when I bought it in hardcover in '93, and whoo boy, did that one not age well.

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