&gt; I&#x27;m afraid this is a glimpse into the not so distant future. And that puts software developers next in line after taxi and truck drivers - uncertain if their skills will be required in a decade from now.<p>I&#x27;m fairly sure that programmers will be employable for the foreseeable future but in a way this is fair play, we - the programmers - did this to an immense number of people it would seem that we ourselves should not be immune to becoming superfluous as well at some point. After all programmer is not some kind of protected status, if it&#x27;s ok for programmers to automate away whole segments of the job market why should programmers expect that their jobs could never be automated away? If anything we should be <i>more</i> aware of such risks having been in the drivers seat on this one for the last 50 years.