What will happen to the Analog Design Engineers in the Future??

When I read through posts that discuss this topic, I find this quote being mentioned time and again. Then I thought, "Why not?" instead of the regular "Why?" that I keep asking myself.

Then I looked for this quote on the numerous sites that I visited and then finally picked it from one of my favourite sites. It reads,

In today’s Information Age, the electronics industry is witnessing the disappearance of passionate and resourceful analog cell inventors. We are already at a time when many constructors of mixed-signal ICs draw their basic cells (pre-cut; some assembly required), from a library of circuits, conceived, one must assume, by the Gods. Many of these young people seriously expect that they should be able to always find the precise analog solution to some problem they are facing “out there,” perhaps at a company’s internal website; or from a book, a trade magazine, or a manufacturer’s application note. Students often ask me: “What is the best way to make a [certain analog circuit]?” I am quite baffled by this perspective, and at a loss for the “best” answer.

Barrie Gilbert, “Analog Design in the Information Age,” in Proceedings of BCTM 2001, 2001, p. 120.