Its not the roles disappearing in the short term it where they are moving to.

Live in a small city or town and the opportunities are a lot less than a big city. Commuting or relocating may not be viable for some with new families, and of course remote-working is virtually non-existent.

For me the biggest issue is the recent graduates who don't seem to get taught any database skills and are pointed towards the nosql because the lecturers themselves don't know. So who needs database skills when you can store json and not need to worry about scaling :rolleyes:

Regarding the 4+GL I think it was one of the oversells then have quietly been dropped in favour of new/rebranded fads 🙁