People will always need their car fixed locally, though. It's reasonable to be concerned about jobs that could be performed anywhere. "Take this thing out" is a much easier request to ship off than even most other information/tech jobs.

It is now. We don't know when this person's Mom was giving the advice.

I didn’t actually go into Special Effects. Sometimes I wish I did, but Software Development pays better with more flexibility.

I once had a friend comment when we were talking about job security that the first thing to go when a recession hits is dance lessons and Karate classes. At the time it felt like film making was very boom or bust