What careers are future proof?

[9hdtvey54r]

I am thinking of retraining and wondering what careers do you think are future proof? I think the trades are e.g. plumber, electrician etc - any other thoughts? Thank you.

I heard an interview with Mark Zuckerberg - he said their AI is writing and testing code better than most basic coders already! So maybe not coding 😅

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Yeah coding is one of the first things AI will take over

I thought this while we were under Tory rule but this is Labour. I loathe them all these days, though.

Definitely healthcare because it will be very challenging to build a robot capable of dealing with sick, fragile people and the manual dexterity needed with medicine and healthcare related things.

Because there are no entry-level jobs available. Those from
previous years who would have moved up a band haven’t.

It is impossible to select a future proof job, and trying to predict this is foolishness. 30 years ago in the mid 1990s, you will remember that people would always talk about robots replacing hands-on labour, and only managerial "thinking" jobs would exist.

Today the opposite has happened; AI is threatening "thinking" jobs, and is able to generate both art and music. Meanwhile, the hands-on jobs have remained largely untouched, and there is no substitute for a pair of human hands to cut someone's hair, lay bricks on a construction site, or replace a leaking pipe.

So just choose a job you like and don't worry about the "future" aspect too much.

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This is the opposite of future proof. AI produces beautiful code, better than anything that the developers on my company produce. In fact they can’t even pick apart some of the stuff that AI can produce because they don’t know.

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@Pippa12 My Dd is thinking of training to be a Paramedic.
Do you think it is worth it?

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But you should easily find another job! I did as a nurse when I was made redundant!

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This is a great question @9hdtvey54r but as others have said it's hard to give specific advice as even some of the most traditionally stable jobs are going to change out of all recognition.

Teaching is going to change, certainly in 11+ years and college/university. Under 11s, the reality is that (whisper it) this is basically state funded childcare with educational and social content that could be delivered in a different way and over different times. So primary teaching might change, but not radically unless how childcare is funded and delivered changes.

Nursing is going to change in some ways, but not others. For instance, some of the 'back office' duties of nurses will go, e.g. a lot of the admin should go or be diminished by AI. For HCA duties, there are companies working on care robots (washing a patient, etc.), yes, unbelievable but this will be coming! However, nursing which requires high-level adaptive knowledge/skills, there will be a need for this.

Healthcare generally, some of this is going to be automated with a need (if any) for lower skilled people as operators. For instance, I'm no expert, but I do have regular optician visits because of my health condition, and I can see pretty much most if not all of this process being fully automated in the very near future. NHS counselling will definitely go, too, I'm sure of this - unless you pay for 1-1.

I agree with other posters though about early years etc., although this too will change, I can't see robots chasing toddlers around and wiping sticky faces ... or, indeed, doing the complex safeguarding work, either. On the other hand, routine legal jobs are going to go - and quite quickly I suspect - so the same might be true for much of the paperwork/bureaucracy associated with social work/social care.

If I had my time again ... erm, a plumber or electrician I think! I'd certainly be richer had I gone down this path.

Agree!

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Where do you work ? I’ve never seen anything like the nursing shortage in Ireland at the minute they are crying out for nurses absolutely everywhere. Can’t even recruit enough overseas nurses they don’t want to come here anymore because of the high cost of living and lack of housing.

AI does a lot of this already

I assumed data services would be subsumed by AI. But talking to my son who actually works in the industry, he said he can’t see it happening anytime soon. He said you need to get it to do the right thing. Non technical people don’t know how to do this. So you may end up with a load of garbage which doesn’t make sense to anyone. There would also need to be heavy investment which companies aren’t currently willing to make. He sees a future where if you’re agile, flexible, willing to invest in new skills and a good communicator, data jobs aren’t going anywhere.

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Personally I think law needs a shake up. As your message shows it is hugely overpaid I some areas (not all I know!)

I think hands on jobs are relatively safe for now but they could still be effected by AI. e.g . nursery nurse, tree surgeons/gardeners, construction industry, hairdressers, nursing, doctors. These jobs are more likely to suffer from people not having the cash to use them.

Other industries will see a dramatic reduction in vacancies/available hours and more people will rely on benefits to top up low wages.

Swimming teacher.

Definitely a trade or, sadly, as we keep having more and more wars, go into an area that provides or develops defence equipment for countries.