Agreed. Plan B is for mediocre programmers. Great programmers, not good or o.k. programmers, will always be in in demand regardless of age, cost, recessions, etc.
Software and technology more than ever is everywhere and becoming so deeply embedded in our lives that the demands for great programmers shall continue to grow to feed those needs.
It surprises me to read this, when most other times all I seem to read about is how a "shortage of engineers" exists in the world.
I'm 26 years old and I sometimes think of a plan B.
While I've always loved programming, before I even got a PC (14 years ago, loved the idea so much that I started reading a book about programming in Basic before I had access to one) ... I really hate the industry (at least the local one).
Life would be a lot easier for me if programming was a hobby in my spare time. But as it goes, I'm doing a lot of work on projects that I don't like, and when going home I don't have enough energy left to work on things I love.
I don't think I'll ever give up programming though.
Software and technology more than ever is everywhere and becoming so deeply embedded in our lives that the demands for great programmers shall continue to grow to feed those needs.
It surprises me to read this, when most other times all I seem to read about is how a "shortage of engineers" exists in the world.