WesleyC - 7:48 pm on Nov 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

I'm relatively new to the whole scene (freshman in college, but with about 2.5 years contracting experience), but I think it's safe to say that web developers/designers are not going away any time soon.

It will definitely change--I invite you to name one technology-based job that hasn't changed in the past 5 years--but I think people will realize quickly that they can either pay someone a higher price to do code right, and in a manner that can be easily updated, or they can pay someone from India to write obscure code that can't be changed without rewriting half of it and probably still has many errors in it.

Yes, I know this is somewhat stereotypical, and I apologize, but there is much truth to this--so long as there are people who want a job done right, there will be a market for web developers and designers at good prices.