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Different_Muscle_116 t1_jabgixj wrote

Reply to comment by spiritus_dei in How can I adapt to AI replacing my career in the short term? Help needed by YaAbsolyutnoNikto

Electrician is really solid. The more automation there is, the more work there is for electricians to wire it. Plus data centers will only ever increase in numbers. It takes a lot of electricians to wire a modern massive data center.

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spiritus_dei t1_jabh1h5 wrote

I'm surprised more people don't go into skilled trades even without factoring in AI. They have a nice apprentice program where they pay you to learn the skill -- a much better financial model than college.

I suppose medical school is sort of an apprentice program since they actually practice medicine. Law school is completely decoupled and should go back to being an apprentice program -- for the small subgroup of lawyers that survive the AI displacement. Trial lawyers will still be needed to physically show up and argue cases for a long time.

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Different_Muscle_116 t1_jabivcs wrote

I’m a double EE dropout who became an electrician 25 years ago and I’ve never regretted it.

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