I think what you're asking is if coding will ever become "low skilled" or rather less valued. Short answer is it already is in some places. It is also worthwhile looking at other highly valued white-collar sectors, e.g. journalism and game development, where the workers operate under horrendous and abusive conditions. Meanwhile, there are electricians, sanitation workers etc... who make nice salaries.
Globally, many software engineers work in very precarious, and poorly valued environments whether it's in China or Bulgaria. I think with advances/acceptance of remote work, there will be even more outsourcing of labor than there already is right now.
I think what you're asking is if coding will ever become "low skilled" or rather less valued. Short answer is it already is in some places. It is also worthwhile looking at other highly valued white-collar sectors, e.g. journalism and game development, where the workers operate under horrendous and abusive conditions. Meanwhile, there are electricians, sanitation workers etc... who make nice salaries.
Globally, many software engineers work in very precarious, and poorly valued environments whether it's in China or Bulgaria. I think with advances/acceptance of remote work, there will be even more outsourcing of labor than there already is right now.
Journalists in the US have been organizing like hell, and the tech industry is slowly becoming more organized as well. Have a look at organizations like Tech Workers Coalition and Game Workers Union
Full disclosure, I am a founding member of the Berlin chapter of Tech Workers Coalition.