Here's how you can convince yourself that web developers are still valuable in the face of automation, all the while learning a new skill: 1. Get yourself set

Here's how you can convince yourself that web developers are still valuable in the face of automation, all the while learning a new skill: 1. Get yourself set up with a machine learning framework e.g Torch or something like that 2. Read a few articles to get familiar with how recurrent neural networks work - I recommend http://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/ http://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/ 3. Train your RNN on Ruby / Python / Javascript code samples. 4. Look at the garbage output despite the working input. Web developers will be needed for a long time. I'd say we are looking at 20+ years before any automatic development algorithm could replace the coding chops, not to even mention the architectural and operational (security, hosting, etc) skills, needed for modern web development. People rag on webdev all the time as though it's somehow below AI / AR / VR (personally I think AR/VR is the next hype bubble, as no one has found a decent use for it besides games), but even if its just CRUD it takes skill, thought, and competence to make it worthwhile for you and your clients. Additionally, you could jump ahead of the game by creating a utility or framework that makes web development even easier and then monetize that.