I call BS (in as good natured and respectful way as possible), and I have my own numbered list to share: 1) I've been hearing this every 5-10 years for the pas

I call BS (in as good natured and respectful way as possible), and I have my own numbered list to share: 1) I've been hearing this every 5-10 years for the past 30 years, and it still hasn't happened (which is enough to explain my scepticism but granted doesn't prove anything). 2) The hardest part of what programmers do isn't pasting crap into an editor, snapping blocks into scratch or waving their hands at Jarvis, it's understanding the frickin' problem and thinking clearly about it. 3) The second hardest thing is maintaining that clarity while holding multiple levels of abstraction in your head at the same time. Most people struggle with this and don't really enjoy it. It may explain why people that like maths gravitate to programming (and vice versa). So, yeah, things are going to get weird (and awesome!), and maybe there will be fewer job codes, but there will be a role for "explains things to computers" until Skynet (or the Culture) is online. IMNSHO.