Projecting the current trends, future software will consist of a synthetically generated code. No one will have the foggiest idea what is in that code. Somewhere in the basement of MegaCorp will be a huge computer file with the listing of that code. The last sysadmin will sit beside the file, handcuffed to the disk drive like a scene out of “Ben Hur.” That engineer will be extremely well paid, and his or her every demand will be immediately satisfied. That engineer will be the last keeper of the secret of the universe: reboot
Paraphrasing an article I very much like.
Managing organized complexity 