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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by mday404 on Monday October 19, 2026 @09:18AM (#50152094)
There's an analogy here in woodworking -- rich people still go to craftspeople when they want e.g. a table that doesn't look like everyone else's. Same way people need to work with software engineers / web designers now, if they want to have a website that doesn't look like everyone else's.
Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by hackyhacky on Monday October 19, 2026 @10:11AM (#50152749)
Sure. And how many such skilled craftspeople are there per capita, compared to the number of craftspeople when all tables were made by hand?
Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by mday404 on Monday October 19, 2026 @01:24PM (#50155218)
Absolutely, it becomes a much smaller niche. Most people just want a table. Only a few want something unique.