[JackMorgan]

You are the first person I've talked to who also thinks the "eating the world" will come to a natural end! I think the natural conclusion is that in X years there will be only a fraction of the number of working programmers as today. The margins will get tighter, and the gains smaller.

It is sad in a way, but also exciting as you say to be in the golden age.

[sgt101]

Mind you, the maintenance burden and the dependency of the users on the legacy will be ever larger. Also - as things are digitized the opportunity for more and more digitization grows.