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This take is foolish and will always be foolish. Coding was mever easy in ANY domain (not just low level stuff) and the fact that we built syntax highlighting, high-level languages, auto-conplete, static analysis, debuggers, etc., in order to make it easier is the proof.

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Take a step into the business side of software. Code is definitely not the hard part. You wouldn't say wood is hard part (heh) of wood working. It is planning and architecting. When to use the right tools. Just because a ruler has hash marks that doesn't mean measuring is hard it means the ruler doesn't work without it.

What type of software have you been writing before entering the business side of software and for how long?

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