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We are talking about average here and 80+ is not average. The whole point was the the suggestion of moving would be a pointless exercise.

> 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.

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> 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.

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