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I've been a programmer since the 1970s. This bullshit theory gets trotted out every few years. 50 years in, and there are more and more programmers, not less an

I've been a programmer since the 1970s. This bullshit theory gets trotted out every few years. 50 years in, and there are more and more programmers, not less and less.

mindcrime 2y ago
And yet... the past is no guaranteed predictor of the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction
- simonblack 2y ago
  That's very true. But ... there has to be a change somewhere to get a different outcome. There has been no change, so there is no different outcome.
oldpersonintx 2y ago
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bediger4000 2y ago
Deluxe! Remember back about 1995, when Windows NT would make programmers 5 to 10 times more productive, and CEOs could get rid of the corresponding head count?