alt Hacker NewsIt’s already happening. Top tier devs have two ways of earning way more than before:
1. They can build and sell their own products or services. We are already seeing 1-2 person software companies earning real money. Top devs don’t have to stay in corporate if they think they can generate more revenue on their own.
2. When companies get rid of their B devs without losing productivity, they can pay their A devs more.
I’m in the #2 camp right now. My team shrank by 50% through attrition in the last year. We didn’t hire anyone new when someone left. My pay has increased.
lol you’re a developer so I can see why you’re desperately making this argument and hope it lasts.
I’m a CEO and I don’t see this at all. There will be more consolidation for whom the economics are viable to pay good wage rates. The rest? Nah.
The crap ones will be out of a job. The best ones will fight fiercely amongst each other to keep their jobs and existing wage rates. Let alone increase.