The impact of AI on jobs

[taiwan_girl]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/08/07/microsoft-reveals-the-most-and-least-ai-safe-jobs-where-do-you-rank/

Most Vulnerable
Interpreters and Translators
Historians
Passenger Attendants
Sales Representatives of Services
Writers and Authors
Customer Service Representatives
CNC Tool Programmers
Telephone Operators
Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Broadcast Announcers and Radio DJs

Least Vulnerable
Phlebotomists
Nursing Assistants
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Helpers—Painters, Plasterers, etc.
Embalmers
Plant and System Operators, All Other
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
Ship Engineers
Tire Repairers and Changers

[Axtremus]

Plumbing school Escalator and elevator tech training FTW!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/09/high-paying-jobs-no-college-degree/87128956007/

"Blue collar is in. 10 high-paying jobs that don't require a degree."

[LuFins Dad]

That’s as startling of news as saying it gets darker earlier in November… Stunning! We had no idea! It’s only been brought up 2345 times on this forum.

[jon-nyc]

Yeah but I have a fully funded 529 so I might as well send him to college.

[Mik]

It doesn’t mean higher education is obsolete. It just means one should have a practical focus to their chosen course of study.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in The impact of AI on jobs:

It doesn’t mean higher education is obsolete. It just means one should have a practical focus to their chosen course of study.

What Mik said. Luke picked anesthesia because there’s still going to need to be a hands on element to it, even if it’s just monitoring the tech, and being the human comgorting figure for the patient..:

[Mik]

Learn to code using AI...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-brain-founder-andrew-ng-says-everyone-should-still-learn-to-code-but-not-the-old-way/ar-AA1QbYnq

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in The impact of AI on jobs:

Learn to code using AI...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-brain-founder-andrew-ng-says-everyone-should-still-learn-to-code-but-not-the-old-way/ar-AA1QbYnq

The people giving out this kind advice always seem to assume that everybody can do this stuff, as well as having the technology access and motivation.

[89th]

Even I’m surprised at how fast software developers I work with have adopted AI to jump start their projects. It’s remarkable. So I am remarking.

[Mik]

@Doctor-Phibes said in The impact of AI on jobs:

@Mik said in The impact of AI on jobs:

Learn to code using AI...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-brain-founder-andrew-ng-says-everyone-should-still-learn-to-code-but-not-the-old-way/ar-AA1QbYnq

The people giving out this kind advice always seem to assume that everybody can do this stuff, as well as having the technology access and motivation.

I think pretty much any reasonably intelligent person can.