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AI is actually coming for your job. It came for mine.
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They're replaceing backbone net and database people with AI? Lol good luck when shit breals and there's no one to call.
Look for operations jobs. A CS background is invaluable because IT either is less existant or gets du bed down to push broken updates. Human-Device Interface stuff. Utilities. They arent going to AI risk 10s of thousands of lives on AI pushing physical and chemical stuff that effects an entire community. You can use that degree for far more than what you were doing. They will train you too. Might have to work some odd hours but recession proof AI resistant jobsare out there and operations communities are aging out and need replacements.
You could always go the "consultant" route too and charge exeutives their first born for a power point presentation where you create a new acronym every couple years and tell them to tie their shoes.
I'm doing contracting work right now to clean up a SQL database for a manufacturer. But I can even see this going away eventually. It's too repetitive and tedious and monotonous. Only thing about this is the company will never let an AI controlled by another company catalogue their databases. Plus, the number of people on the data side of the business is my friend and the contractor they hired: me. But this work isn't enough to keep me going long term.
Also, I fucking hate it I hate it so much goddamn it is boring and sucks and I want to jump into a woodchipper at the thought this is going to be what I do for the rest of my life.
I also do contract work and my contract is now 7 years old but when they try to push me into an FTE role, I'm like "I'll be working with you . . . forever???"
On one hand, FTE means more security which is nice. After being laid off I get that desire for stability. On the other hand it means doing that shit in the long term. After being hired I get that dread and dullness of doing meaningless and unfulfilling tasks till I die... Work sucks
almost spit my drink out from that lmao thanks