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this is very concerning, I'm actually encouraging my kids to physics (or chemistry, or biology, or math, i.e. STEM), as I feel so few kids are taking on those m
by ausjke 8y ago
this is very concerning, I'm actually encouraging my kids to physics (or chemistry, or biology, or math, i.e. STEM), as I feel so few kids are taking on those majors.
on the other hand, more and more are learning programming these days, I recall after 2008(or 2000) some CS departments lost nearly 50% enrollment because coding jobs were saturated then, that may happen again.
still, the "safe" way will be good at coding while specializing in some STEM fields(including chip design, which is mostly software tool usage these days). Wall street is another way out, but I don't like it and won't recommend it to kids.
- netzone 8y agoProbably the safest field to get into would be everyday things, especially plumbing. There's no automating that, pipes will always break and new (and old) buildings will always need to manage complex plumbing systems.
- Can_Not 8y agoI wouldn't be surprised if some black swan breakthrough in automated assembly/modularization/mobility of housing in less than 30 years halves the availability of manual plumbing work so that when your children just get 1 to 10 years into that career there is a sudden plummet of pay, possibly combined with an influx of workers coming in from previously wrecked markets.