The inevitable death of the Western software engineer

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This has been a threat for quite some time, of course. But I think the awareness of this inevitable reality needs to increase, because it's probably just around the curve.

Mainly, it's just a matter of being open to other plans besides relying on the "C++ will provide you a direct escalator to financial heaven" motif, that's still surprisingly strong in the States, and other countries.

I think university programs in comp sci are now preparing students for this reality, whereas my generation.. the late 20s/early 30s folks were mainly taught to just kick back and enjoy those sodas, compilers, and meaty salaries.

Anyway, paranoid geeks to thread.