Big Tech Killed the Golden Age of Programming

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128 points taylorlunt | 1 comments | 30 Jul 25 14:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source

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zwnow ◴[30 Jul 25 15:04 UTC] No.44735172[source]▶

It also caused the "Golden Age of Programming". It's only been a golden age because of high salaries for relatively low effort. So if their needs change, obviously the industry changes. This article has nothing to say really.

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techpineapple ◴[30 Jul 25 15:10 UTC] No.44735252[source]▶

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Yeah, it says these aren’t a result of the economy, but they’re obviously the result of the economy? I think the difference is just that big tech has bigger boom/bust cycles than most other industries(at least for now) but I wonder if other world-changing industries; like rail were the same, lots of rail companies went under, probably causing a glut of unemployment for certain types of skilled labor.

On the flip side couldn’t you say too many people bought into the hype and got a software engineering degree / code school without thinking through if this was really the career for them?

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1. zwnow ◴[30 Jul 25 15:14 UTC] No.44735315[source]▶

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I remember a documentary on people that had no work a while back. It was filmed in a town where sailing boomed. Nowadays there are almost no sailors left, lots of them never learned a different job. And we still need sailors nowadays. Same with mining/miners. Booming industries will always die out eventually.

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