For all intents, it seems CAD is good for a while, at least til someone shows me a tool that goes straight from drawing to CAD and CAM paths. At least I'm also hoping myself. Besides, someone has to make those drawings, and for as long as my supervisors boss doesn't know how even tools wear, I think we're in the clear for.

Waiter?

Working in the trades is probably somewhat safe for a while.

Honestly I'd just go for something that you're interested in. If AI displaces a ton of white collar workers, the system will probably collapse and we'll all go mad max. In the meantime have fun!

Surf lifesaver

trades and nursing.

Ems, it has been effected but not as bad as other things

Locksmithing/access control is an industry that is sorely lacking new people going into it and the only interaction I have with AI is from one coworker in marketing for the company who uses chatgpt to write her emails. I definitely don't make as much as my friends who are programmers though.

AI will never be able to throw bricks at cops. Something to consider

forest ranger hehe

Pest control. Pretty easy to get into, pays well, can't be done with AI. You have to have the stomach for it, and killing things sucks, and you have to be able to walk away from an incurable situation if the people won't change their ways.

I work in a warehouse, I come in at 7 and leave around 330. I put away freight, help the occasional customer, pick orders, ship out orders. AI can't do any of that in a small town. It still tries to get in where it can like customers wanting industrial automation products that have AI programming but that is way above my pay grade.

My previous job in a warehouse they were trying to do away with the manual routing of delivery routes by using an "AI" routing program but it was just an automated routing program they slapped the AI label on to charge more. It was just following rules not being actually intelligent.

I did this 9 years ago. I make 2/3rds of what I did in software, but I don't regret it. pivoted to environmental work. My job satisfaction is like, a thousand percent better.

I'm in building maintenance. It's not affected at all by AI. Most of the trades are safe. Basically anything which would require both advanced LLM and advanced robotics to replace.

Join us, become a tradie. Get a company vehicle. Work with your hands. Become enough of an expert in your trade that you can tell customers to go fuck themselves if they're dicks. Have every company in the area be desperate to hire you because every trade is short handed. Work with people who barely understand the concept of a computer. Spend half of every paycheck on milwalkee packout tool boxes. Never have to work with AI again.

My preference is HVAC-R but plumber or electrician are also good choices. Building automation may seem attractive but then you're getting close to the AI danger zone again.

Being a kindergarten teacher is not really something that AI can help with.

Plumbing is fairly safe from any kind of automation and also well paid.

They do use robots for pipe inspection and minor repairs, but that's about the extend of what the clankers will ever be able to do.

Anything that requires physical work. Manufacturing, trades, etc... But, there's the caveat that AI may still indirectly affect these too.

Anything that's based on physical work or human contact. Trades, medical/social work, psychology, emergency workers...

a career in poisoning AI

I'm picking up furniture making. Handcrafted furniture will always be needed

anything that is not digital/information driven. aka fields involving blue collar work.

I feel ya. But the pendulum will probably swing back the other way soon and we’ll have a ton of companies hiring to undo/replace slop code. That’s how it has been for previous coding fads, anyway.

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I recommend this book to anyone thinking about a career change.

"Discover What You Are Best At." Linda Gail. Six self tests you can finish in half a day, and a list of jobs that use those skills. Jobs range from zero new training to post college.

Really helped me when I was looking for career advice.

I think there will be a lot of openings for Revolutionaries. Whether you are a planner, cook, maintenance, driver, prefer to educate or provide healthcare, or if you fancy yourself a fighter, I'm sure there is a role for you!

I'm in tech but in the non-profit sector. For what we do, there is virtually no use case for ai. I basically just make sure everything runs properly. No one is expecting me to turn out code that will turn into profits. I'm not rolling in the dough like a lot of tech workers, but im not micromanaged, I get to make all the decisions, and im not working for an evil corporation. So I suggest looking at non profits. They are typically run by people who know very little about tech. You'll be an easy hire if your resume is as good as it sounds.