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Often what happens is the golf-course phenomenon. As golfing gets less popular, low and mid tier golf courses go out of business as they simply aren't needed. But at the same time demand for high end golf courses actually skyrockets because people who want to golf either can give it up or go higher end.

This I think will happen with programmers. Rote programming will slowly die out, while demand for super high end will go dramatically up in price.



Where does this golf-course phenomenon come from? It doesn't really match the real world or how golfing works.


how so, witnessed it quite directly in California. Majority have closed and remaining have gone up in price and are up scale. This has been covered in various new programs like 60 minutes. You can look up death of golfing.

Also unsure what you mean by...'how golfing works'. This is the economics of it, not the game


Maybe its CA thing? Plenty of $50 golf courses here in Phoenix.


Golfing has had a huge surge in popularity since 2020. Prices are going up but courses aren't closing.




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