Op could be a robot?
I’ve seen plenty of waves of “The hot future job market is in X!” come and go (academia, nursing, the biosciences, online everything, aerospace engineering, petroleum engineering…), and what seems to unify all of them is that there’s a labor shortage, then lots of people get pulled into the field alleviating the shortage and creating a labor surplus, and then capital laughs its way to the bank.
I’ve seen too many of these to believe the hype any more. Trying to claim folks will be winners now 'cause they’re in comp sci, well, maybe for a while, before the big wave that hours of code and such are creating come in.
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Ah, this reminds me of the story of Solon and Croesus.
No worries… its unlikely anyone is reading any of the links 
Jobs that take common sense and require recognizing patterns will stay (at least for a very long time.) That means lawyers, doctors (although diminished), software designers, authors, plumbers, gardeners… Then you have jobs that will be taken over by robots. Mainly factory workers. It will be the lower class who will suffer the most from the new age of robots.
This:
“It will be the lower class who will suffer the most from the new age of robots.”
And in case the OP has not noticed, this is not a forum dominated by the lower class.
I did read one of those links because it pertains to my industry, but it was total bs.
@OneExcitedDude I don’t know, SCIgen is showing how AI can write incredibly well.
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
(It had to be said by someone. Don’t hate me for being the one who actually did it.)
With the insanely hard weed-out classes at nearly every school, it’s no wonder Sci/Eng are in demand.
Perhaps that is why my son who is graduating in May with a BS in CS from a non-ranked regional college has had 2 interviews and scheduled a 3rd with a major west coast tech company that I’ve read on CC you have to go to a top 10 engineering school to interview with them. They told my son they could care less where you get your degree if you have the skill set they need along with various other generic qualifications. More and more I’m finding that those “top” colleges only make it easier to possibly access the hiring managers, but once your resume is in the review pile with the others, the playing field is equal - academics for academics.
One thing has never changed since I graduated from college many years ago - your chances of being hired go up dramatically if you can do something, produce something, demonstrate a skill set. There were the booming 80’s when a general business or marketing major could hide in all the $ floating through big business, but I don’t see that anymore and don’t know that it will ever come back. You may be better to get a technical degree or an associates in plumbing or radiology or HVAC than a general business or political science degree - unless of course you have a concentration in Finance or another skilled area or you are going to learn a skill in graduate school. I hope I didn’t offend anyone.
My son just left a career in law enforcement, after meeting the personal assistant to the founder and CEO of the Tyrell Corporation, a huge bioengineering firm based in LA. One last case, and then they’re taking off to who knows where.
I sure hope he’s a winner.
I wasn’t aware the world was divided into “winners” and “losers.” That way of thinking just sounds like the pitch for yet another bad TV show. In the world I’ve seen, it’s just about finding your path to a satisfying life.
My son plans to study what he’s passionate about, not get into debt to do it, and if it turns out that it doesn’t lead to a solid and enjoyable living that feels as if he’s contributing something to the world, he’ll pick up some useful skill like plumbing or carpentry and become an educated, creative, thoughtful plumber or carpenter who has great conversations with friends and pursues his other interests on his own time. Sounds like a “winning” plan to me.
"I wasn’t aware the world was divided into “winners” and “losers.”
Apparently for some people, MomOnALaptop, this is their reality. Dog eat dog. Winners and losers. Thankfully my own associates are not like that, or they wouldn’t be my associates for long.
And some people need a chill pill. Taking things too seriously some times.
How secure do you guys think radiation oncology will be? I want to be a radiation oncologist (I’d be a surgeon, but my vision is terrible).
If the OP was meant as a joke, the poster can be sure that he/she will “lose” in the market for humorists. Fail to see the humor., and apparently there is lots of agreement for that on this thread. (And humor that needs to be explained is worthless. I know because a relative of mine used to work in entertainment.)
The OP seems incapable of using logic: the supply of robots/AI is limited by the demand for their labor, people need to earn money to buy into their products.
Anyone who combines solid analytical thinking and creative problem-solving will do just fine in any job market.
What scares me most about robots taking over the world is that they may not need air and water like we do. And they can squash us like a bug.
Goodbye, CC, I have taken a vow of Luddite-ism.
Pulls the plug on all electronics in the house.
I truly do hope you all read this. In business as well as life, there are winners and losers. Winners are those who win, correct? and the same logic applies to Losers, they lose. those of you who believe in this simple-minded , dry cut approach to business, congratulations, you have openly supported the debunking of human identity through the process of winning and losing. A salesman, a winner, and a loser walk into a restaurant, the waiter/waitress asks “table for 1?” how is this possible. To those who believe business consists of winners and losers, this is incomprehensible. You see, the answer is that the salesman, the winner, and the loser, are all the same person. In sales, business, you make sales. but you cannot make every sale. It simply is unachievable. The sales that you make are wins, the sales that you do not make, are losses. SO are you loser or a winner? and this question is where you are going wrong. You cannot debase your identity into this approach. In our society, winners are defined as those who achieve fame and acquire great wealth. Losers would be those who do not achieve these goals/standards. My AP chemistry teacher grew up lower class, all he wanted was money. He became a chemical engineer and was making 115,000 straight out of college. But with he growing wealth, happiness still eluded him. He decided that it was happiness that truly mattered and that was when he discovered the love for teaching. As parents, you all should want your kids to be happy above anything else. I dare say it is your job, your duty, to support their dreams and goals even if it does not coincide with societies norms. So please, do not ask whether or not your kid will be a winner or a loser, ask if they Are truly happy. Because during the last moments of life, you do not think of money, you think of you’re life and you’re happiness.