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BaJaX
bajax@baj.ax
now that I'm steadily employed I need to find a way to move up in my career. AI slop is coming so hard and so fast, I don't think these jobs are going to exist in 5 years.
What computer programming/IT type jobs are most resistant to being replaced by AI?
What computer programming/IT type jobs are most resistant to being replaced by AI?
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@menherahair rofl might just become an electrician then
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m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
@bajax
Lower-level stuff like embedded or driver development — bonus points if it's for some uncommon architecture. Something that has far fewer training material for neural networks than web stuff.
Lower-level stuff like embedded or driver development — bonus points if it's for some uncommon architecture. Something that has far fewer training material for neural networks than web stuff.
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@m0xEE but there's also not as much in the way of jobs for those. competition is going to get more fierce.
from what I'm hearing from people who actually do it, I could probably make more money as an electrician and I currently make 6 figures
from what I'm hearing from people who actually do it, I could probably make more money as an electrician and I currently make 6 figures
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m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
@bajax
That's probably way to go if you like doing stuff with your hands and are good at it. Software development was always a shitshow either way, I had jobs in vastly different fields — things a lot of people would probably find exciting, but I still was always questioning the utility of things I was making, like you are getting paid and very well paid, but why? You are making things most of which would likely get discarded in a couple of years of so. And you end up being burnt out and permanently semi-depressed. This led me to always having extensive "vacations" between jobs that could last a couple of years easily — not that I couldn't afford it, but it means something wasn't right with the whole work routine. Or maybe it's just me and this shit isn't right for me, who knows — some are doing way more useless things without questioning themselves and seem to be enjoying it
That's probably way to go if you like doing stuff with your hands and are good at it. Software development was always a shitshow either way, I had jobs in vastly different fields — things a lot of people would probably find exciting, but I still was always questioning the utility of things I was making, like you are getting paid and very well paid, but why? You are making things most of which would likely get discarded in a couple of years of so. And you end up being burnt out and permanently semi-depressed. This led me to always having extensive "vacations" between jobs that could last a couple of years easily — not that I couldn't afford it, but it means something wasn't right with the whole work routine. Or maybe it's just me and this shit isn't right for me, who knows — some are doing way more useless things without questioning themselves and seem to be enjoying it
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@m0xEE lol yeah I've been kinda doing the same thing-- last time I had an actual job with a W2 was in 2022 (just took this job in feb)
I have freelance clients who at least up until now covered my cost of living, and along with my savings from my main jobs keep me living comfortably (corporate software jobs WAY overpay, I don't know how it's justified--$30k onboarding bonus you get to keep if you quit a month later? what the everloving fuck?). but I was always just kind of waiting out the clock for death, you know?
if my freelancers call me back I'm probably just going to set them up with claude and a quick tutorial. I want to move on to something higher. or at least less boring.
I have freelance clients who at least up until now covered my cost of living, and along with my savings from my main jobs keep me living comfortably (corporate software jobs WAY overpay, I don't know how it's justified--$30k onboarding bonus you get to keep if you quit a month later? what the everloving fuck?). but I was always just kind of waiting out the clock for death, you know?
if my freelancers call me back I'm probably just going to set them up with claude and a quick tutorial. I want to move on to something higher. or at least less boring.
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