Alexander predicts there will be more software engineers/builders in five years than today.
“So you think we'll have more engineers in five years, not less? Yeah. And I you know, sometimes we change what terms mean. Right? Like, the term computer now refers to something else, but the now we have the term software engineer. And so I definitely think we'll have many more builders.”
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