--- title: Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030 description: As more and more processes are automated, most jobs are obsolete at some point. According to one estimate, 45 percent of all jobs could be automated using... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-software-developers-might-be-obsolete-by-2030-z6d-aeku1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030 | daily.dev og:description: As more and more processes are automated, most jobs are obsolete at some point. According to one estimate, 45 percent of all jobs could be automated using... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-software-developers-might-be-obsolete-by-2030-z6d-aeku1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Z6D-aEkU1.png og:image:alt: Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030 **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 8 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary As more and more processes are automated, most jobs are obsolete at some point. According to one estimate, 45 percent of all jobs could be automated using current technology. Many developers have gone from building logic to building minds. While a machine might be unable to marvel at the cuteness of a cat, it might be able to categorize what it’s working at. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-software-developers-might-be-obsolete-by-2030-z6d-aeku1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-software-developers-might-be-obsolete-by-2030-z6d-aeku1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-software-developers-might-be-obsolete-by-2030-z6d-aeku1"},"datePublished":"2020-10-18T12:03:30.193Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"As more and more processes are automated, most jobs are obsolete at some point. According to one estimate, 45 percent of all jobs could be automated using...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a5f7aa86043a25c01c74fdcaff7da11e","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a5f7aa86043a25c01c74fdcaff7da11e","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-software-developers-might-be-obsolete-by-2030-z6d-aeku1","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":10},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030"}]} ```