what problem are you solving? no, you cant get rich by coding as an employee, anywhere. you can try to sweat your balls as a contractor + do tax magic and have a 'decent' living, or start a company and make a product - very risky.
as job coders are 21st century factory workers, its not on lawyer/doctor/accountant level.
> as job coders are 21st century factory workers, its not on lawyer/doctor/accountant level.
Fair enough, but this proves the author's point. Development used to be on such a level and has steadily declined.
I agree, I know a few "old timers" and they seem to have it better in the early days. I guess this is the case with all human activity, over time it becomes optimized as know-how spreads to more people.
The best professions long term are those where gate keeping is employed (license, nepotism, high creativity, people able to perform at top 1%), short term profession gets a boost from being "the new thing", which programing is not anymore.