Try to job hop now to a safer career to avoid future automation work loss

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There have been hundreds of articles written about a wave of unemployment arising from the widespread automation of work. However, US labor statistics show that currently there are more job openings than there are job seekers. There have also been 3.6 million people who voluntarily quit their jobs. In April, the number of job openings (6.8 million) was more than the number of job seekers (6.3 million. The cap on employers filling jobs has been a lack of qualified workers.

This indicates millions of people are able to job hop for an average 3.6% raise in pay. It also means that there is a window for people to try to switch to more automation proof careers and jobs.

If you are in a driving job or retail checkout then you know it is only for a few more years

It is well known that driving jobs the earliest waves of automation unemployment from the deployment of self-driving cars and self-driving trucks.

Financial analysts are projecting that Waymo (Google’s Self-driving car company) could have a fleet of 1.5 million autonomous vehicles by 2030 (RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney). This business could generate $1.9 billion in annual revenue with an operating loss of $1 billion by 2022. It could generate $65 billion in annual revenue with an operating profit of $20 billion by 2030. He sees break-even on an operating-income basis in 2025.

Waymo has ordered about 82,000 vehicles from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCAU) and Jaguar Land Rover Automotive in the last few months.

In addition to supplier partnerships with Chrysler and Jaguar, Waymo also has partnerships with Honda Motor (HMC), ride-hailing service Lyft and rental-car firm Avis (CAR).

There will be growth and new jobs but a lot of hustling to try to make the shifts

Save money, get experience in a safer career and avoid debt

The waves of layoffs from AI automation will come in the years ahead. If you have a side hustle, try to own the relationship with customers.

Avoid depending upon a job or career where the robots are clearing coming (driving, retail checkout).

12 thoughts on “Try to job hop now to a safer career to avoid future automation work loss”

  1. The “near” future is a hybrid. A little further along it will be totally autonomous. The thing about automation is that the computers don’t stop getting smarter. There’s no reason for them to stop getting smarter until they run up against physical law, which shouldn’t happen before they’re smarter than current human beings. So, automation isn’t going to stop halfway. It’s going to keep going until ALL the jobs are automated. Mind, in the long run we’re all dead, so Brian’s advice is good. Find a job that likely won’t be automated *in your remaining lifetime*, and you’re good. If I weren’t already an engineer, (A job that’s likely to be automated quite late in the game.) and nearing retirement, I’d take his advice. Actually, it would be good advice anyway if I weren’t a few years from retiring, I could certainly anticipate a pay raise if I did some job hunting.

  2. The ear”” future is a hybrid. A little further along it will be totally autonomous.The thing about automation is that the computers don’t stop getting smarter. There’s no reason for them to stop getting smarter until they run up against physical law”” which shouldn’t happen before they’re smarter than current human beings.So automation isn’t going to stop halfway. It’s going to keep going until ALL the jobs are automated.Mind in the long run we’re all dead so Brian’s advice is good. Find a job that likely won’t be automated *in your remaining lifetime* and you’re good.If I weren’t already an engineer (A job that’s likely to be automated quite late in the game.) and nearing retirement I’d take his advice. Actually it would be good advice anyway if I weren’t a few years from retiring”” I could certainly anticipate a pay raise if I did some job hunting.”””

  3. Some imagine the driverless car will be totally autonomous, but others think that the future is really a hybrid between autonomous and remote operation. This is how the existing fleets of “driverless” mine trucks work. With hybrid remote/autonomous there will still be need for a large number of drivers, but they will be working shoulder to shoulder in vast hangars, perhaps monitoring several vehicles each from their screens.

  4. Some imagine the driverless car will be totally autonomous but others think that the future is really a hybrid between autonomous and remote operation. This is how the existing fleets of driverless”” mine trucks work. With hybrid remote/autonomous there will still be need for a large number of drivers”” but they will be working shoulder to shoulder in vast hangars”” perhaps monitoring several vehicles each from their screens.”””

  5. We definitely need machine intelligence in control of our legal system. To seek justice without the threat of high legal costs would make our courts accessible to all. We tend to look at the negative impact of artificial intelligence, but there are a lot of positives.

  6. We definitely need machine intelligence in control of our legal system. To seek justice without the threat of high legal costs would make our courts accessible to all. We tend to look at the negative impact of artificial intelligence but there are a lot of positives.

  9. We definitely need machine intelligence in control of our legal system. To seek justice without the threat of high legal costs would make our courts accessible to all. We tend to look at the negative impact of artificial intelligence, but there are a lot of positives.

  10. The “near” future is a hybrid. A little further along it will be totally autonomous.

    The thing about automation is that the computers don’t stop getting smarter. There’s no reason for them to stop getting smarter until they run up against physical law, which shouldn’t happen before they’re smarter than current human beings.

    So, automation isn’t going to stop halfway. It’s going to keep going until ALL the jobs are automated.

    Mind, in the long run we’re all dead, so Brian’s advice is good. Find a job that likely won’t be automated *in your remaining lifetime*, and you’re good.

    If I weren’t already an engineer, (A job that’s likely to be automated quite late in the game.) and nearing retirement, I’d take his advice. Actually, it would be good advice anyway if I weren’t a few years from retiring, I could certainly anticipate a pay raise if I did some job hunting.

  11. Some imagine the driverless car will be totally autonomous, but others think that the future is really a hybrid between autonomous and remote operation. This is how the existing fleets of “driverless” mine trucks work. With hybrid remote/autonomous there will still be need for a large number of drivers, but they will be working shoulder to shoulder in vast hangars, perhaps monitoring several vehicles each from their screens.

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