r/FutureOfWork

Just came this idea to my mind today.
Development costs quite a lot in western countries, especially seniors.

Is this use-case one of the best? or is it also because tech people usually adopt new technologies faster?

I just see Claude success and seems to mostly be used for coding.

The title says it all.

Me as a developer only know about very small number of niches to apply Al on.

From what you see, what is that ugly market that can make someone a billionaire through( AI as a service)

So, I am currently in grade 12 and I have physics, biology and chemistry as main subject. I am hearing it a lot that nowdays, people don't just look at your degree but also look for skills. So I am alot confused about this skills thing.

So, How can I have a skill? Do I need an evidence(i.e. certificate etc) for future job? Do I have to acquire skill from an official institute etc, or I can have it from anywhere? Is this possible for me to have skills without paying fees as I am a minor in India, and it's unusual for minors to work in India, we can't even work in cafes, restaurant, malls etc as they mostly need either a degree acquired adult person, or if it is a regular, not much big shop, cafe, restaurant etc, the owner already have their relatives working in them. So, I can't earn right now, and I don't want to spend my parent's money more.

And also, what skill should I have? Something related to my field for future job.

Hi everyone,

Recently i see lot of trend on the AI and layoffs related to AI.

Is AI really that good to replace humans in work ?
Isn't AI also incur cost to the company?
All these huge investment trends seen in AI seems like a bubble. Is it sustainable ? What is your views on this ?

I need to leave my job. But I don’t know if I’ll ever find another job. I don’t know if the market will actually ever recover OR if the market is even realistically worth navigating any longer.

But I am at the end of my rope here. I’m stuck in a well drowning with no rope and all I see around me is doom and gloom about what the job market is and how it’s going to get worse.

My job is two days remote now but back to full time in office with a terrible manager beginning in June. Not a terrible person per se, but a horrendous leader/manager/boss. A never ceasing micromanaging “I hate to wait; everything is urgent!” visionless, treadmill running, rat cage living, hamster wheel berating idiot. She’s the fourth one alive had in 8 years.

I’m a male in a female dominated industry and I’m looked down upon every day for being a man.

I’m at a public university. I’m tired of pushing paper for absolutely no purpose and seeing complete idiots making 5x more than me because they have a Ph.D. but are lazy bums. I’m tired of the politics. I’m tired of being undervalued. I’m tired of being the fixer. I’m tired of being expected to just ‘get it done’ when it’s not even my work anymore because I wasn’t doing it fast enough for idiot manager so I was forced to go down a rung. I’m tired of seeing unqualified people jump me in pay and title. I’m tired of the “we need an outsider” for this role and no rhyme or reason why a BA supersedes three graduate degrees on my applications; why a “fresh perspective” supersedes my 15+ years of experience.

I’m being given a 2% raise for the third year in a row. I have worked in HR and business operations for 12 years here and another 4 in HR in a private company. I’m woefully underpaid to the point that adjusted for inflation I make something around $35,000 in 1999 dollars.

I have applied to over 700 jobs, many I don’t even want, just to get out.

I hate my job because it is never ending. I’m on the verge of some very serious mental health issues as I’ve begun ruminating a lot about how to get out of….it all. I guess I’m not on the verge because for two years now all I think about is quitting.

But I’m also just tired. I’m exhausted with it all. I don’t have the energy to look or play this game any longer. I just….want to quit.

I’m on meds I’ve been in therapy, I have a good life….outside of thinking about quitting my miserable meaningless job. I hate what my job and career are and have become. I’m doing nothing meaningful. Nothing enjoyable. Nothing worth a damn. I’m just a damn sheep.

But:…I don’t see any out here to another career. I don’t see anything better and I see many jobs that are much worse.

I’m not an engineer or a tech bro or a mathematician or an accountant. But m a strategy guy who sees shit and diverts to kiss icebergs, but that means fuck all.

I’m lost, I’m frustrated, I’m worried, I’m angry, I’m over educated, I’m underpaid. I have too much experience at the university; not enough experience for private business. My expectations are too much to demand work life balance but I don’t achieve it now because I’m miserable all the time.

But is this an inevitable end to this? Is it over?

I mean, I need some advice here. I’ve prayed, I’ve complained, I’ve asked for guidance. I’ve asked for raises. I’ve sought new work. I’ve walked around asking for signs. I’ve dreamed about just leaving. I’ve thought about how peacefully the end will be.

But I’m done. I’m just….done.

What do the hell do I do?

I've noticed a new strategy from companies recently. It's a way to get expertise and guidance from very good engineers for free. These companies are creating fake job postings and asking for testes like:
Architectural design, Planning specific complex tasks, Very intricate code implementation, Conceptualizing Jira Epics for certain tasks or Strategies on how to handle certain problems.

Why is that? Because they have no intention of hiring you. They want to steal you expertise. They'll take note of what you've said and give it to their internal engineer, who's going to use it using AI.

They might even hire you for a few months, to get you to plan their project for them and them fire you after you've did their job. These people are very nasty. They know you're competent, but choose not to give you an opportunity. Never trust corporate people.

Hi all. I have been interested in post-AGI since the early 2000s. I spent a lot of time thinking about it. I didn't think it could arrive this soon. But it could potentially be here by 2030. While we hear a lot about UBI, I think state employment is a better option. Of course basic welfare payments can exist. But for higher pay, good state jobs must be available.

I am a software engineer with a computer science degree, so I have been at the front lines watching this thing gather momentum in the workplace. I'm very interested in economics and the world of work post-AGI during the immediate aftermath when the transition has the potential to be very turbulent or very beneficial. Particularly in Ireland, where I'm from. So I took some time to have Gemini put my ideas into a document.

I wanted to share the general high level ideas with people that are interested in the future of work so you guys could give feedback and maybe consider something similar for your own country.

I plan to get the final document in front of forward thinking politicians to at least get the conversations going. Please have a read of the reddit friendly summary.

# end of fully human written intro and beginning of what Gemini generated based on my inputs and guidance. The following is just a reddit friendly summary of what is in the document.

**The Problem:** There is a fairly convincing argument that AGI is coming. Current estimates suggest that by the early 2030s, up to 200,000 high-skilled Irish roles in Tech, Finance, and Law could be automated. We have two choices: watch the tax base collapse and pay billions in "passive welfare," or do something radical.

**The Proposal: The National Modernization Initiative (NMI)**

Instead of letting our best engineers, architects, and managers emigrate or rot on the dole, the State should become the **"Employer of Choice"** to build a 2030s Ireland that actually works.

### The "Sovereignty Suite" (What we’d actually build):

* **The 30-Minute Nation:** High-frequency automated rail connecting Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Belfast in under 30 mins.

* **Food Independence:** A national network of automated vertical farms for 100% domestic food security.

* **Sovereign Data & Energy:** State-owned AI data centers and 20GW+ of offshore wind to make us Europe’s green energy hub.

* **The Analog Refuge:** Intentional revitalization of Irish villages as low-tech, high-connection sanctuaries for those who want a slower pace of life away from the digital grind.

* **The Digital Twin:** A real-time, open-source simulation of the country to prove every project's cost and plan *before* we spend a cent—no more Children's Hospital-style scandals.

### 💼 A New Way to Work:

* **32-Hour / 4-Day Week:** Standard for all state modernization employees. With AGI doing the heavy lifting, we don't need 40 hours.

* **Philosophers of Change:** Humans are the decision-makers/architects; AI is the implementer. Work follows a natural flow of intense brainstorming vs. leisurely open thinking.

* **Remote-First:** Office attendance is for social cohesion and big planning events, not a mandatory daily grind.

### How do we pay for it? (The "Bridge" Strategy):

* **The Bridge:** Use the **€14bn Apple Tax windfall** and the **Future Ireland Fund** to seed the projects and salaries for the first 5 years.

* **The Loop:** A 2.5% "Productivity Levy" on ultra-automated corporations + charging fees to companies using our world-class state-owned energy/data grids.

* **The Logic:** It costs ~€3.3bn/year to keep these people on welfare. It costs ~€9.7bn (gross) to employ them at high wages, but we get ~€2.8bn back in tax immediately, plus we end up with a country that is energy, food, and data independent.

**TL;DR:** Don't pay people to sit at home while the country's infrastructure is stuck in the 1990s. Use the tax surplus to hire the tech/finance workers displaced by AI to build a high-speed, self-sufficient, 4-day-week Ireland.