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

Great post Taylor! Your writing is really incisive. I’m curious: how do you see software development stack up as an “Antifragile Career”?

On one hand, western salaries have stayed high-ish despite offshore options, and it creates a ton of value for companies dependent on it – concrete high ROI. It also lends itself to location-independent work, building your own apps/tools and transitioning to a product/SaaS business one day.

OTOH it is rarely *seen* as a profit center, and it’s intense, spec...