Comment on The First Job Dilemma (Or Welcome to The Hyper-Meritocracy) by Taylor Pearson

The devil in the details is probably the appropriate conclusion. I think software development is a commodity, but it’s a commodity for which the supply is relatively low and demand is relatively high at the moment (likely mostly for prestige reasons – despite a decade of success, it’s still not cool to code).

I think it’s valuable in the way learning another language or going to law school is valuable in that it gives you a non-traditional paradigm for viewing the world. The little work I’ve...