Design in the near future
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There will always be young people entering the field. Smart schools will be teaching future technologies to design students, rather than flash.
Imagine an 18-year-old kid entering design school to learn Flash. It's not going to happen as much, because smart instructors will be advising them that it's a big risk learning Flash. Yes, Flash will probably be around in 3 years, but maybe it won't. Do you want to risk your ability to get a job on that chance? Instead, kids will be learning the new technologies, as that seems to be the way the web is going.
As for 99designs and crowdsourcing: they aren't going anywhere. If you can't do a better job than crowdsourcing then you won't make any money. More importantly: if you (or your sales team) can't convince potential clients that your work is better, and also WORTH THE EXPENSE, then you won't have a job.
As for diy WP templates, this will simply shift some of the jobs from "designer" to "developer" as people won't be able to fix the problems that come along when their WP gets hacked, etc.
- I think you overrate how fast schools react to current trends.CyBrainX