Even if software eats software development, today's "brogrammers" will still be in good shape, having a working knowledge of technology.
The people who are currently in good shape who are more at risk, in my opinion, are the millions of Accounting and Finance professionals who use Excel all day.
Just like they did 20 years ago? The trend doesn't seem to be that those jobs are going anywhere.
> If you depend on current trends for you thinking, you'll never predict the future.
is itself an observation about current trends in the efficacy of predicting the future, and therefore, if it's true, must be false.
The statement could still be wrong, but not for the reason you cite.
Yes you will, and quite well. You'll miss the fundamental shifts though, but there is no way to predict them anyway.