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NewsParty like it’s 1849: the developer tools gold rush Pin
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My impression from reading the examples (most of which I have never heard of) of tools-for-devs the article enumerates is that these tools would be primarily used by very few people on a developer-team, or in a company. The few users would be the devs/program-managers who set-up/administer back-up/revision software, group collaboration software, etc.

The question I'd ask would be: does any of this economic "fluffing up" of the value of companies the author talks about really indicate any evidence of generating more jobs for developers ... developers "in the trenches/cubicles" who write code ?

Or, isn't this type of software just another facet of the general trend of hiring sub-contractors on an ad hoc basis, outsourcing whenever possible ... the net effect of this general trend (if you buy the premise here) fewer jobs ... full-time, health benefits, etc. ... for programmers ?

I'd be very curious to hear your thoughts, thanks, Bill
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