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Non-scalable jobs have been usually considered safer career paths, as they are less vulnerable to “winner takes all” effects. Dentistry is a typical example of
by felipeerias 4y ago
Non-scalable jobs have been usually considered safer career paths, as they are less vulnerable to “winner takes all” effects.
Dentistry is a typical example of a non-scalable job: no matter how good an individual dentist becomes at their job, they will still only be able to serve one customer at a time.
On the other hand, software engineering is a scalable job: the code developed by a software engineer can potentially serve many customers simultaneously. For this reason, it often exhibits “winner takes all” situations.
AI will turn many non-scalable, safe jobs into scalable, risky, potentially redundant ones.
- zirgs 4y agoMany software engineering jobs only exist, because previous engineers made tools that make software engineering easier. Average game developer doesn't need to know how to make a game engine nowadays. They can pick up UE or Unity and make stuff that they want. Corporations also don't have to hire an engine dev team. They can hire a few developers who can use a ready-made engine instead. The same applies to webdev - many frameworks and CMSes exist - no need to build everything in-house.