Early in life, my parents got me one of these Commodore home computers and it transformed something deep inside my brain. Other kids saw it as another device where they could consume a never-ending stream of colorful games, a means to be entertained, and maybe an opportunity to visit other
I think you hit it right on the head and with far more empathy than I. Well done.
We are one of those “nerd hoarding” shops and I, the CEO, am close to the lowest paid employee. These guys make bank but they are also worth every penny. If people knew how few people keep our world from imploding, they’d be an insomniac like me.
As far as the rest, I wrote an article back in 2008 or 2010 where I outlined how IT was going to become commoditized and many of my colleagues thought I was an alarmist. Ten or so years later everyone has moved their infrastructure to the cloud (RIP in-house sysadmins and network engineers), and developers are now mostly ticket punchers as you said. Lord knows how AI streamlined processes will affect the Dev sector.