Re:Do you really want to be making this much money when you'...
by Swizec on Saturday October 06, 2012 @08:54AM
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Yes and no.
Look at what happened to "making websites". It used to be a super lucrative field, now agencies who can afford to slash prices because they hire cheap developers can churn those out by the hundreds a month. It's become a very silly market to compete in because all the competition that still happens is based on price.
But while this was happening, the web evolved and opened up new jobs and opportunities. Now you can make a lot of money by making web apps, interactive things and so on and so on. That's still not a market where everyone can compete.
Even moreso, mobile has opened up.
So I think that programming has a very lucrative future for a while yet, because new fields where it is applicable open up faster than old ones become commoditized.
Look at what happened to "making websites". It used to be a super lucrative field, now agencies who can afford to slash prices because they hire cheap developers can churn those out by the hundreds a month. It's become a very silly market to compete in because all the competition that still happens is based on price.
But while this was happening, the web evolved and opened up new jobs and opportunities. Now you can make a lot of money by making web apps, interactive things and so on and so on. That's still not a market where everyone can compete.
Even moreso, mobile has opened up.
So I think that programming has a very lucrative future for a while yet, because new fields where it is applicable open up faster than old ones become commoditized.