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Discussion on: Will software ever become "blue collar" work?

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Thomas H Jones II

Depends on what you mean by "blue collar". Typically, that precludes knowledge-work (aka work that requires domain-specific and/or generalized problem-solving skills). Once the knowledge/problem-solving component goes out of programming, there's really no point for programmers to exist at all let alone become blue collar: at that point, you're wholly in the realm of "replaceable by machines".