The 2025 Bum Thread

[413x]

Not sure if I missed it.

What do you do to be worried AI is taking your job?

Business intelligence. So very very vulnerable to AI.
I thought about retraining a while ago (not due to AI etc) but the salary was pretty good.

Now salaries are down.
Job opportunities are hard to get/generally bad economy.
Threat of AI.

Its all hitting at the same time. And all of a sudden that good salary doesn't look as good anymore.

 

[malachi]

Business intelligence. So very very vulnerable to AI.
I thought about retraining a while ago (not due to AI etc) but the salary was pretty good.

Now salaries are down.
Job opportunities are hard to get/generally bad economy.
Threat of AI.

Its all hitting at the same time. And all of a sudden that good salary doesn't look as good anymore.

Can't you leverage AI with your current skillset? At least pivot slightly into something else?

I'm sure BI isn't going to be taking over by AI tomorrow. Crap load of stuff AI still can't get right.

 

[413x]

Can't you leverage AI with your current skillset? At least pivot slightly into something else?

I'm sure BI isn't going to be taking over by AI tomorrow. Crap load of stuff AI still can't get right.

Maybe. But still, I'm looking for a job now.

Tbh I'm fairly disenfranchised with IT and have been for a while.

In hindsight I don't think "virtual" jobs are my thing. I prefer practical problem solving and physical things. But transition from IT to. Something completely different is tough.

Tough to even think "what's a good path".

I feel something physical and dexterous would be better for me and definitely better for AI revolution.

 

[d_brennen]

Just trying to figure out what to do really. Genuinely tempted to do something like train to be a heat pump engineer or something practical.

Not a bad shout. Having said that, probably get some Trump/BoJo clown leader next election. Burning coal in the living room might end up the preferred way to heat your home
Nothing wrong with plumbing, lots of demand. It's hard work sometimes though.

 

[413x]

Not a bad shout. Having said that, probably get some Trump/BoJo clown leader next election. Burning coal in the living room might end up the preferred way to heat your home
Nothing wrong with plumbing, lots of demand. It's hard work sometimes though.

Yeah and I'm not young.
Its a bit of a bind. If I was 20 I'd absolutely not be going to uni and doing a trade.
But at 39 and with a few knee issues the path isn't clear.

Short term I'm just trying to get a job doing what I did. Contract or perm.

Mid term I need to figure out what I really want.

Long term is anyones guess so not worth thinking about.