Agreed. Plan B is for mediocre programmers. Great programmers, not good or o.k. programmers, will always be in in demand regardless of age, cost, recessions, etc.

Software and technology more than ever is everywhere and becoming so deeply embedded in our lives that the demands for great programmers shall continue to grow to feed those needs.

It surprises me to read this, when most other times all I seem to read about is how a "shortage of engineers" exists in the world.