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Wow, your dad is in an unusually good financial situation if at the age of 50 it "won't matter to him if his job gets automated".
by mandelbrotwurst 7y ago
Wow, your dad is in an unusually good financial situation if at the age of 50 it "won't matter to him if his job gets automated".
- kccqzy 7y agoTruckers earn a lot. Especially owner-operators. Much more than you might assume. If he had been a trucker for most of his life, I would assume he probably had enough savings for early retirement.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoHis job isn't getting automated tomorrow or even in the next 5yr and there are very, very few 50yo truckers that are dragging a dry van around the interstates (the first job to be automated)
- HorizonXP 7y agoThe opposite really, but he has poor health, and will probably rely on me to support him. Plus, the comment below mentions what I was thinking: by the time automation happens, he won't be trucking anymore.