It's not so much we need manual labor but skilled technical labor. Like plumbing, electrical, working with pulse logic controllers, Mason, welder, Nursing, emergency room technicians. Etc
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
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My dad is a master mason and can't find anyone at all who wants to do the job. It's hard, hard work. Unfortunately, it seems like he's going to have to retire with no apprentices to carry on all his incredible knowledge.
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I work in software development but I also have a second job as an arborists offsider because I'm pretty sure trees will never stop fucking growing.
I've been hearing that line for more than 20 years. Anytime there is a tech downturn you hear it loudly - this has happened several times since 2000. However the fact remains that most coders make far more money than most people in construction. The exceptions tend to be people who own their construction business - though if you do the paperwork construction is one of the easiest businesses to work for yourself in once you have skills.
When I began my career, other senior engineers said they had heard the line since the 1970s/1980s.
Well, anyone who knows anything about the current iteration of AI knows that it's not really happening.
Btw, people have been saying that since GPT-3 (which everyone nowadays admits was kinda shit if it wasn't for the novelty), so only 5 years left until my career is over.
Well my knee is injured for the past 3 weeks and counting so I don't think I'm going to be doing any manual labor any time soon, I think I'm going to keep at my work from home programming job instead.
See, if you were really smart, you'd learn how to engineer software to construct things. 😌
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Construction jobs? Buddy. We can 3D print houses now.
That's right. I've seen 3d printed houses that were every bit as complete and ready to use as any vibe code program!
(This is an attempt to humorously point out that both are cool and useful for an actual professional, while useless to anyone not willing or able to actually finish the job.)
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The use of AI by non-developers to produce code will greatly increase the hourly rate I can charge.
The number of security holes produced is absolutely fabolous.
I was wondering if the AI would expand the role of humans in the security sector of tech.
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I'm fairly sure the "learn to code" thing was just a media campaign by corporations to assure an abundance of programmers, leading to decreased labor rates. Years earlier it was a push for electronic engineers and technicians.