That’s what I’m telling to my young nephews, learn a useful and practical trade. Electricians, carpenters, plumbers, HVAC and many other similar technicians are difficult to find.

Returning back on topic, for sure the current LLM era is exciting and moving at an exponential rate. We’re going to see many changes on how various tasks are being performed, but I don’t see human jobs disappearing, it’s just that they’re going to be different and smaller. Take for example text translation, subtitles creation, audio transcription where the bulk of the work will be done by “intelligent” software, but the control and verification needs a human.

Learning carpentry is IMO one of the greatest life skills available.

You can build shelter, and good shelter at that. It's fun, interesting, mentally, physically, challenging work. It's a great thing to learn and it can be incredibly rewarding.

What if like me you're chronically afraid of dealing with Asbestos in any shape, type, or form?

I am sure the uber-drivers felt the same way when we got the first glimpse of CNN driving a car back in the mid-2010s. Almost a decade later and we have now accepted that self-driving will not happen within this decade and without another leap in AI technology.

That’s different. Cars can kill people, web apps can’t.

You could move to Chicago and do both. Apparently the plumbers union got a law passed requiring electric lines to run In plumbing conduit. Not sure what they call it. Plumbectrican?