&gt; Programming is a skilled labor<p>Please. That&#x27;s borderline insulting to people who have to earn a living through actual, physical, labor.<p>Every programming job I&#x27;ve taken has started with the &quot;Do you see your future self as a senior developer or a manager?&quot; discussion. It&#x27;s absolutely a viable career path to stay a developer, or at least it is now.<p>And there&#x27;s the tired &quot;lol these 30 year old kids don&#x27;t know what they&#x27;re doing I&#x27;m getting rich fixing their mistakes!!&quot; tripe.