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[Ryujin]

I'm actually surprised it's not already 100% as you require 4 years experience to get an entry level position and you need an entry level position to get experience.

... unless the job is "Barista."

 

[Scribe]

I'm actually surprised it's not already 100% as you require 4 years experience to get an entry level position and you need an entry level position to get experience.

... unless the job is "Barista."

Yeah, in a few years time its going to be chaos unless everyone pivots out of tech and leaves us grey haired folks to do it all (or its outsourced!)

 

[Ryujin]

Yeah, in a few years time its going to be chaos unless everyone pivots out of tech and leaves us grey haired folks to do it all (or its outsourced!)

I"m already able to retire at full pension, though I'm hanging on to max it out. Two other guys are a couple of years away from it. There are 3 others who do the position at the main campus and 4 who handle just our School of Medicine, at a remote campus location. The three of us, between us, are the most senior and have 75+ years total experience. Of the three remaining one is about 5 years behind me, but has only kept his job because of the union (waste of skin). The other two have 6 and 3 years. We do the stuff that AI can't replace (plug in cables, physical repairs, etc.). I'm wondering what they're going to do when that amount of institutional knowledge walks out the door, virtually simultaneously.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I'm actually surprised it's not already 100% as you require 4 years experience to get an entry level position and you need an entry level position to get experience.

... unless the job is "Barista."

And the flip side is a lot of companies also won't hire older workers (as in, 40+) even though they have the experience.

I think there's a policy trap in this combination that is going to smash into at least Western business within about 20 years.