They want to eventually automate trucking too. We'll always need containers and labels and boxes to some degree. That's why I got into folding carton while the gettin' was good 25 years ago. We'll need boxes for as long as I'm around.
I started Scitex CIPC>Scitex Imager>Scitex Prismax>Scitex PS/2>started integrating Macs about the Quadra 800 period...the rest is history.
I've been in management most of my "career" jumping in and out of operator positons here and there for strategic reasons. I've done well for my position, but...
I came up in the heyday of digital prepress pre Macintosh, so I've seen it all and it has become unskilled labor. I'm only 56 and not near retirement, so it looks pretty bleak for me. Get out while you can!