So true. Believing we will “finish” needing computer programmers because “the work is done” misses the basic physics that governs this process. And naively be

So true. Believing we will “finish” needing computer programmers because “the work is done” misses the basic physics that governs this process. And naively believing we are finally there is a regularly resurgent myth. We have been predicting machines would not need programmers since there were programmers. It is true for a _given_ task at a given complexity level. But overall the demands on, and for, a modern programmer have only gotten higher, because the demand of all business and human activity is to offer more than we might have otherwise. Just wait until, for an app to differentiate itself in business, you have to create intelligent responses in a variety of augmented reality interfaces, correctly predict human behavior, and interface with the physical environment in a routine and nuanced way. And the companies that can do it well are suddenly dominating the ones who do a sloppy job.