>'The world is going to change drastically in the next 10-20 years. Side discussion related to the article: what to focus on? Will web development still be a th

>'The world is going to change drastically in the next 10-20 years. Side discussion related to the article: what to focus on? Will web development still be a thing (I'm doubtful)? If so, what does web development look like in 2024? 2034?' People were lamenting the death of web development since the introduction of Front Page. There will surely be new tools and abstractions and probably some consolidation of jobs, but I see no reason to think the profession will disappear or become unrecognizable. >'It seems like a lot of engineering energy will go into the design and manufacturing of the systems that will manage human life in space.' Eventually perhaps, but I believe that's incredibly far away. There's plenty left to extract, fight over and profit from using traditional methods which are many orders of magnitude cheaper right here. I recall a quote to the effect of 'The price we put on natural resources is equal to the price of procuring the very next ton of it.' I think that's apt. Long before we spend money and apply our technology to mining asteroids we'll spend it on tech to herd [1] and eventually supplant the terrestrial workforce. 1: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/20/pepper-spray-drone-offered-south-african-mines-strike-control http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/20/pepper-spray-dr...