How long "programmers" will be in trend?

Question

Only 6-8 years ago "designer" was the very popular profession and all people start to learn different programs like Photoshop, Illustrator and etc. Now all kinds of programmers are very popular. How long programmers will be in trend? And what profession will be on top next?

Answer 1

We have time until IBM Watson starts to program itself.

Answer 2

Yeah, until we automate ourselves out of jobs, there will be programming jobs.

Answer 3

I don't know how long, but the sooner the better. more people switching from programming to something else puts us more in demand