I see the future kind of like this: 1 - introduction of automation vastly increases throughput of industry, either eroding a traditional 2 - industry vastly i

I see the future kind of like this: 1 - introduction of automation vastly increases throughput of industry, either eroding a traditional 2 - industry vastly increases demand of technically and scientifically literate workers 3 - folks compete for contemporary educational/employment opportunities in industry 4 - an engineer acclimates to their niche If you're already in a stage 4 situation, it may seem like there's always a new blockbuster industry in stage 1. But, the transition into stage 3 for a new technology may seem insurmountable. That said, technologies rarely meet their hype.. Either way, engineering is a subset of problem solving, and people will always have problems. It would be great to assimilate all kinds of problem solving skills that you can.