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keylime84 t1_j6mwmjc wrote

If I were just starting out in choosing a career path these days, I think I'd go into the trades, with an eye towards eventually owning my own business. Still a long ways off from robotic plumbers, HVAC repair, electricians. We'll always need people with hands on skills to keep the basic infrastructure going.

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StatisticianFuzzy327 OP t1_j6n6a3t wrote

Thank you! That's an interesting perspective, because even though most of my interests are theoretical and intellectual, I've been planning to get involved in more practical and hands-on activities lately. I'll definitely consider that.

But if the point of doing that is just to make sure that your job isn't taken over by robots, wouldn't it be better to go with something even more robot-proof such as, say, teaching, therapy, politics or medicine, because they involve human interaction and that would be the last thing to be automated. What do you think?

There was a study by Oxford a few years back on which jobs are the most likely to be taken over, and it had similar conclusions, though I read it a while ago so I don't remember the exact details. You might be interested in checking it out: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/future-of-employment.pdf

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keylime84 t1_j6nc9ek wrote

People facing jobs will continue to thrive, but be careful of teaching- a passion type career, few make much money...

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StatisticianFuzzy327 OP t1_j6nd8qw wrote

Yes, I agree. The same thing you said about teaching could be said about research too. I'll try to keep that in mind while making decisions, thank you.

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