We don't need to work (for you)

  • IT went through a change where high demand for workers with very limited supply
  • Everyone will be a programmer - not going to happen
  • Companies are used to workers not wanting to be fired - unspoken social rules are based on this
  • Some tech companies try to change the relationship in strange ways - free food, slides, cocoons - pampering programmers
  • Programmer salaries are through the roof

What will happen if it gets more so

  • Companies will have split personalities about how it treats programmers vs other employees
  • Traditional workplace structures will be increasingly awkward for programmers