I’d expect that layer of the industry to shrink substantially.
replyAlthough, I don’t think immigration or country of origin is particularly relevant here. I never worked in the US but there are plenty of "assembly line" developers here in London too.
If your job is essentially taking a ticket and turning it into code without contributing much else, then yes, I think that category of developer is going to be decimated.
That applies equally to everyone.
What's with people using the number "0" for their first reference? I have only ever seen that practice here at Hacker News.
replySee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-based_numbering, e.g. “computer programmers might use zeroth in situations where others might use first”.
replyLots of (most?) programming languages are 0-indexed so it feels natural for software developers and our ilk.
replyNot really. 0-based indexing is different from counting and starting with 0 in a counting context is weird. Would you ever say a set has zero elements when it actually contains a single element?
replyHey everyone! I found the COBOL developer!
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