There are 2 kinds of work. 1. Execution of a process. 2. Creation of a process. Execution can be automated. A factory can be automated with robots. Someone wh

There are 2 kinds of work. 1. Execution of a process. 2. Creation of a process. Execution can be automated. A factory can be automated with robots. Someone who makes backups can be automated with a script. But creation (of a process) cannot be automated. Until we have a major breakthrough in AI our jobs are safe. Most programming is the creation of a process, not the rote following of a process. "Programmers" making cookie-cutter-CRUD apps may need to worry! Our only threats are over supply and under demand. We are currently on the winning side of supply/demand. Competition with low-wage countries has not been able to significantly hurt us they way it has with factory work. We are in a good spot.