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Would you be willing to say the same thing were it your head on the proverbial chopping block? Would you be willing to lose your career, your only source of inc
by fzeroracer 7y ago
Would you be willing to say the same thing were it your head on the proverbial chopping block? Would you be willing to lose your career, your only source of income and potentially more as a consequence, such as your home?
Are you willing to right now, make the same sacrifice in the name of progress for humanity?
- myself248 7y agoI've completely changed careers before when the jobs dried up. I'm completely confident in my ability to do so again. Specialization is for insects.
- blunte 7y agoThere has been plenty of advance warning that electric vehicles would overtake combustion engine vehicles in the near future. It has also been published that electric vehicles are simpler and require fewer parts and workers. Also, the rise of robotics in factories has been visible and known for years. These all add up to one thing: workers who don't plan ahead will lose their jobs. The farrier eventually lost his job when horses were replaced with cars. Would you argue that we should still have people making and attaching horseshoes in cities where nobody is riding horses? [edit] But to answer your question, I would not be in this situation because I pay attention and learn new things to stay relevant. Come one, we're mostly software developers here: we're very familiar with having to learn new things to stay relevant (have jobs, get paid, eat). While the auto worker may possibly be less technical and perhaps less educated, they are not stupid. This argument that their jobs should be protected is just laziness (or they are being (mis)led and manipulated by some party with an agenda).