I have written a reporting system at nearly every company I've worked for. I've talked to programmers who wrote reporting systems in the 70's and 80's, and are still writing them today. I think you're right, we will still be writing reporting systems well into the future.
This is hilarious - I just started my internship at a company and a few of the people in the department are working on....you guessed it reporting systems!
A lot of the other things that are going on are fun things though, and being an intern and working on a project - from scratch is a rewarding experience.
