Before Elon Musk predicted full self-driving, robo-taxis, and colonies on Mars "next year" for a decade, pundits predicted that automation (either AI or no-code

Before Elon Musk predicted full self-driving, robo-taxis, and colonies on Mars "next year" for a decade, pundits predicted that automation (either AI or no-code) would eliminate programmers. The only actual threat to employment as a programmer came from outsourcing overseas. Even though that's vastly easier today (thank, Internet) than it was back in the '80s and '90s when management was keen on it, it never happened at large enough scale to put a dent in the demand for skilled programmers. Apparently no one at the HBR or WSJ figured that China and India might develop domestic demand for programmers.