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@djsumdog
Define "find". And define "life".

Discovering an exo-planet that we detect as having a large amount of CO2 and other gasses that most likely are a result of technological pollution? Sure. It is possible it will happen at some point, but it will create endless debate about what we actually found.

Discovering an incredibly faint radio signal that is incompatible with natural origins, and can't be explained as radio pollution from our own technology? Will take a lot longer, but I could see it as a small possibility, with the benefit of being a more categorical find.

Discovering bacteria or similar simple life forms deep in the Martian ground, or one of the moons of Jupiter, quite possible, maybe even the most likely of these scenarios. But it won't be as earth shattering.

But if your "find" involves meeting face to face, and "life" involves alien beings at least as advanced as man-kind, my answer is a no. I don't think humanity will ever encounter advanced, intelligent alien life forms directly. We won't be going to their home planet to visit, and they won't be coming to ours either.