But “not as well paid as it used to be” is relative to other wage earner, not to cost of living. Two uneducated polish factory workers today won’t be able to buy your parents’ house either.
The software jobs slowly go into the direction of not being worth the effort (I don't really believe that we will reach that point but that's the current direction).
> Two uneducated polish factory workers today won’t be able to buy your parents’ house either.
Of course - because from my point of view factory jobs are currently paid terrible. They used to be paid better (worth the effort due to being able to buy more).
What I see locally is that cost of living has gone up but no other jobs (aside maybe real estate?) have improved compensation relatively to programming in that time.