One of my friends lost his job this week. He worked in the chemistry department of a pharmaceutical company, doing something that went completely over my head while he was explaining it to me. What I got from his description was that it was not the kind of work that’
Industrial workers in the 20th century probably never imagined being replaced by robots, but it’s happened on a large scale.
There's still plenty of industrial workers. The same will be true for programmers as AI proliferates.
These jobs don't go away, they just become more specialized
But I will agree with the general notion that we as programmers are incredible fortunate to be able to work from anywhere, creatively, without physical labor