being a programmer in the future will be like being a writer.

writers are very talented, but they are a dime a dozen.

programmers and writers both operate on intellectual capital. and that, as far as economic rules of supply and demand are concerned, is very cheap.

what do you need to express your writing abilities? just pen and paper.

since these tools are cheap, writers are cheap.

previously, a decade or 2 ago, computer hardware was very expensive and rare, and so those who could manipulate it were very much in demand.

as computers become ubiquitous, those who manipulate them, like those who manipulate pen and paper to express their intellectual capital, will become equally just as cheap.


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