Microsoft has published a list of 40 professions that are highly likely to...

Microsoft has published a list of 40 professions that are highly likely to...

Among the expected are translators, writers, historians, and technical support specialists. Interestingly, this list also includes data scientists and web developers — the very specialists who created the technologies that threaten their jobs.

At the same time, professions related to physical labor, such as welders, are absent from the list.

If a year ago I would have enthusiastically reacted to the phrase "my son is going to study to become a programmer," now I don't even know what to say. It is particularly disheartening when someone wants to change their profession and become a programmer at 40+ years old.