Farm employment itself has decreased 4x compared to 1950 (the % figure overstates it since the total workforce is larger). However if we consider the broader "food" industry employment has increased substantially.
Thus we may see "coder" employment decrease but the broader "software/tech" industry increase in employment.
nonsense. you are shifting definitions of what "coding" / "producing/operating software" as a profession is.
by this logic, if I define "food" industry as sitting on my couch as a "job", with govenment (payouts) my employment, you get "food" industry at employment at 100%!
once you start shifting definitions, it is slippery slope. you can prove anything and argue anything. and it is all loosing meaning. tactic usually employed to confuse and mislead people.