Ugh, there is so much wrong with this article. First, the statement "More and more, "learn to code" is looking like bad advice." Okay, in the context of "it wi

Ugh, there is so much wrong with this article. First, the statement "More and more, "learn to code" is looking like bad advice." Okay, in the context of "it will guarantee you employment", yeah, true. Except that that's a straw man. Nothing will guarantee you employment. Will it make you more employable? Yeah, in pretty much any profession that doesn't entail pure physical labor, since even if your job description entails no coding, having learned to code will let you automate some things your competitors (including coworkers), are doing by hand. "This trend is bound to increase" with regard to outsourcing: is it? Outsourcing as an economic model is based upon trade agreements and tax law. That can fluctuate. But even aside from that, more and more companies are learning that outsourcing is actually a bad idea; having development taking place in isolation from the business introduces new challenges. A different culture, different values, different schedules...outsourcing takes all the difficulties of working with a consulting company, and all the difficulties of remote work, and adds in even more. As this person even indicates, projects are just getting more complex. Those obstacles will add up. Finally, as others have noted, automation can reduce the need of far more jobs than it provides. This is not a bad thing. What's bad is our perception that people must work to earn. -That- has to change (as others have indicated).