This is me as a freshly minted adult in 1995 voting for the new Rainbow Nation. I also assumed that that this rainbow nation included me, but was told by the new leaders that there is no white in a rainbow. Sometimes you live in a different world than what you think you live in.

Software Engineers aren’t going to disappear, but the ones that can output 10x more than others will be highly sought after. That is assuming they can measure 10x productivity.

I have seen this happen in my career many times when those in power think they have more insight and knowledge than they have in reality. ‘Nothing is easier than to confuse broader powers with deeper insight. But, almost by definition, those with the broadest powers are the most remote from the specific knowledge needed for either deciding or for knowing the actual consequences of their decisions.’ Thomas Sowell