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Many of my class switched majors.... | daily.dev og:description: Throughout software development history, various technologies and trends have repeatedly predicted the end of programming jobs: the dot-com crash, offshore... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/some-perspective-when-i-just-started-college-the-dot-com-bubble-burst-news-anchors-cautioned-th-1isdibthb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1iSdibthb.png og:image:alt: Some perspective... When I just started college the dot-com bubble burst. News anchors cautioned that there wouldn’t be any more web development work. Many of my class switched majors.... og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Some perspective... When I just started college the dot-com bubble burst. News anchors cautioned that there wouldn’t be any more web development work. Many of my class switched majors.... **[Chris Broome](https://daily.dev/sources/onklg0zmkxuyubeenzpej)** · [@chrisbroome](https://daily.dev/chrisbroome) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Throughout software development history, various technologies and trends have repeatedly predicted the end of programming jobs: the dot-com crash, offshore outsourcing, code generation tools, drag-and-drop builders, SaaS platforms, no-code/low-code solutions, and now AI agents. Each prediction has proven premature, though the author acknowledges that eventually one may prove correct. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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