I think as standards become more adopted it will become easier to use tooling for the majority of backend development. What is it that keeps backend developers

I think as standards become more adopted it will become easier to use tooling for the majority of backend development. What is it that keeps backend developers in a job? We write code to give access to data in a way a consumer can use. ie: we have input, we process the input and give the output (CS 101) Every time we write something new one or more of those three elements has changed. Input, Processing or Output. eg: Input: The DB has a new table with data you need to expose on the website Processing: The list of comments need to be ordered by upvotes rather than chronologically Output: The existing JSON output also needs to be output as protobuf Whenever any one of these elements is standardised it reduces our workload. Usually as a result of standardisation tools and frameworks are developed to take advantage of this. If you want to know the future of any technology keep on top of their standards. EDIT: As well as keeping track of standards you should extrapolate what would happen if everybody adopted that standard. Who knows, maybe you could build a tool everyone uses and start a business around it.