If you think programming computers to push pixels is the future, you’re ten years behind already. The future is programming robots. Not walking, talking humanoid-esque robots; arms and conveyor systems; PLC controllers; that sort of thing. Siemens is working on a robot that can sew blue jeans more cheaply than a third-world blue-collar worker.

So, if companies are looking to develop systems to be cheaper than the cheapest labor in the world, imagine what they’re looking to do to first-world unskilled and semi-skilled labor. If you unload a truck, get an education. If you drive a truck, get an education. If you do anything where your decision flowchart basically loops back around on itself without any decisions that aren’t a yes or no for an answer, get an education.

That said, it ain’t magic and it ain’t that easy.