6 ms·
I've asked this question before (what would you do if software development went away[1]) and the response indicated that they would not, or could not entertain
by chrisbennet 9y ago
I've asked this question before (what would you do if software development went away[1]) and the response indicated that they would not, or could not entertain that thought. Instead they posited that such a world would be impossible or that developers could go back to school to be lawyers - not realizing that new law school grads had a 25% unemployment rate.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=chrisbennet&next=12378832 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=chrisbennet&next=123...
half way down the page, search for "As a thought exercise"
"As a thought exercise, what will/would software developers do once 90% are made redundant by A.I. or something? Maybe "suck it up" and go back to school to become nurses?"
- Buttes 9y agoI'd study to be a radiology tech or something along those lines. Tech and Healthcare are the "jobs of the future", if you take tech out of the equation, the answer is obvious.
- KGIII 9y agoDirect link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330079
- jwalgenbach 9y agoPlumbing. Seriously.
- lj3 9y agoLab tech. It's not specialized, so there's no fear of your entire field drying up (like cytology). Every hospital needs them, so you can find work anywhere in the country. The downsides are it doesn't pay well and it requires a two year program followed by state specific licensing exams. Those last two points result in a true labor shortage. Most Hospitals will hire licensed lab techs sight unseen.
- heurist 9y agoThere are tons of things I'd want to try if I became redundant due to automation. However, if that were to suddenly happen the world would quickly change so dramatically that we would not be able to determine what careers are stable and worth training in, so I'm not sure that's a fair example.