LLMs are absolutely amazing at writing unit tests. This really speeds up development a lot. I think we will see the creation of much larger, more complex code bases which will be even more complex than what we have now. And the demand for programmers will drastically increase. At the same time, it will be even harder to get into the profession as the already limited opportunities for junior devs will dry up. Perhaps we will move to an apprentice model in which senior devs will take on apprentices with some expectation of loyalty, or just out of civic duty.

I think all this software that we will create will end up being used to optimize a lot of processes such as power generation, agriculture, and manufacturing. We will have specialized software for recycling things, leading to a much more circular supply chain. Right now it doesn't make sense to sit down and figure out how to clean, test and repurpose objects, but it will make sense once computers get smart enough.

In terms of jobs outside of computer science, as everything on the production side gets more and more automated, we are going to see much much more paid emotional labor. More people working in coffee shops, bartender/therapists, paid pen-pals ect. We will also see a huge growth in the services for end of life. Now, people who are dying often lay uncared for in group homes, alone, sad and frustrated. In the future, there will be people reading novels to them, and doing finger painting with them.

Every child will have the opportunity to have private tutors.

Medicine will start to work and biological mortality will decrease.

We'll go to the stars.

Maybe I'm just dreaming...