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I don't believe future tech will replace all jobs any more than past tech has. I'm confident that people who say "this time, its different" are naive. But...

I don't believe future tech will replace all jobs any more than past tech has. I'm confident that people who say "this time, its different" are naive. But... will there ever be 'robotics' jobs? I would think most jobs would be really specific like a type of machine learning or computer vision etc.

randomdata 9y ago
> I would think most jobs would be really specific like a type of machine learning or computer vision etc. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? A "robotics engineer" in my mind is someone who evaluates the problem needing to be automated and then finds a solution to automate it. That solution may include machine learning or computer vision, but not necessarily. There are lots of problems that can be solved more effectively in different ways.
- wtvanhest 9y ago
  I doubt it. That is more of a founder role you are describing. People hiring for robotics work will likely already be working on a problem.
  - randomdata 9y ago
    That sounds like a different market segment. If McDonalds wants to invest in removing their line cooks, they aren't going to wait until someone starts a startup providing that. They are going to hire an automation firm staffed with "robotics engineers". They, the engineers, then have to figure out how to make it work, be that through machine learning and computer vision, or some other method. Although the fact that you point to founders here, and echoing that there is little viability in a career as a "robotics" engineer, emphasizes the earlier comments.
    - wtvanhest 9y ago
      I think we are both agreeing with each other, you are just misreading my comment. The OP said something to the effect of: I don't see jobs for Robotics engineers. (as evidence that robotics is not an expanding field). I said something like: You won't see jobs for 'robotics engineers' you will see jobs for specific purposes. > They are going to hire an automation firm staffed with "robotics engineers". Exactly. If a company doesn't know how to solve their problem and all they want to do is automate stuff, they will hire a consultancy to tell them who to hire. The consultancy will hire specialists (i.e. not 'robotics engineers') and the large company will hire specialists and project managers. There will never be job postings for robotics engineers, all while the number of people working on robotics increases dramatically.

randomdata 9y ago

> I would think most jobs would be really specific like a type of machine learning or computer vision etc. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? A "robotics engineer" in my mind is someone who evaluates the problem needing to be automated and then finds a solution to automate it. That solution may include machine learning or computer vision, but not necessarily. There are lots of problems that can be solved more effectively in different ways.

wtvanhest 9y ago
I doubt it. That is more of a founder role you are describing. People hiring for robotics work will likely already be working on a problem.
- randomdata 9y ago
  That sounds like a different market segment. If McDonalds wants to invest in removing their line cooks, they aren't going to wait until someone starts a startup providing that. They are going to hire an automation firm staffed with "robotics engineers". They, the engineers, then have to figure out how to make it work, be that through machine learning and computer vision, or some other method. Although the fact that you point to founders here, and echoing that there is little viability in a career as a "robotics" engineer, emphasizes the earlier comments.
  - wtvanhest 9y ago
    I think we are both agreeing with each other, you are just misreading my comment. The OP said something to the effect of: I don't see jobs for Robotics engineers. (as evidence that robotics is not an expanding field). I said something like: You won't see jobs for 'robotics engineers' you will see jobs for specific purposes. > They are going to hire an automation firm staffed with "robotics engineers". Exactly. If a company doesn't know how to solve their problem and all they want to do is automate stuff, they will hire a consultancy to tell them who to hire. The consultancy will hire specialists (i.e. not 'robotics engineers') and the large company will hire specialists and project managers. There will never be job postings for robotics engineers, all while the number of people working on robotics increases dramatically.