Ask HN: What (other) jobs do you think of doing?
With AI infesting and eating into all kind of crafts--and I being one of those faceless "craftsmen"--I'm rather forced to consider alternative jobs. Setting the monetary rewards aside, I was thinking of jobs that could give me a sense of agency, purpose, and satisfaction (however limited). The few I think of are: - Parcels delivery driver - Train driver - Electrician or plumber - Mechanic (with auto-mobiles hardly repairable these days, maybe this doesn't qualify) Surely, I can't be alone in thinking along those lines. What else have you thought of? 1 comments on Hacker News.
With AI infesting and eating into all kind of crafts--and I being one of those faceless "craftsmen"--I'm rather forced to consider alternative jobs. Setting the monetary rewards aside, I was thinking of jobs that could give me a sense of agency, purpose, and satisfaction (however limited). The few I think of are: - Parcels delivery driver - Train driver - Electrician or plumber - Mechanic (with auto-mobiles hardly repairable these days, maybe this doesn't qualify) Surely, I can't be alone in thinking along those lines. What else have you thought of?
With AI infesting and eating into all kind of crafts--and I being one of those faceless "craftsmen"--I'm rather forced to consider alternative jobs. Setting the monetary rewards aside, I was thinking of jobs that could give me a sense of agency, purpose, and satisfaction (however limited). The few I think of are: - Parcels delivery driver - Train driver - Electrician or plumber - Mechanic (with auto-mobiles hardly repairable these days, maybe this doesn't qualify) Surely, I can't be alone in thinking along those lines. What else have you thought of? 1 comments on Hacker News.
With AI infesting and eating into all kind of crafts--and I being one of those faceless "craftsmen"--I'm rather forced to consider alternative jobs. Setting the monetary rewards aside, I was thinking of jobs that could give me a sense of agency, purpose, and satisfaction (however limited). The few I think of are: - Parcels delivery driver - Train driver - Electrician or plumber - Mechanic (with auto-mobiles hardly repairable these days, maybe this doesn't qualify) Surely, I can't be alone in thinking along those lines. What else have you thought of?
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