@liucheaster

The job market is quietly but irreversibly splitting. In the same office building, some people debate AI models and architectures while salaries rise; next door, professionals once seen as “safe” work until 2 a.m., only to be asked why AI can’t do it. The first to be replaced aren’t low-end jobs, but lawyers, finance, and standardized knowledge work—Wave 1. Engineers won’t be spared. Value flattens, then polarizes: a few define problems and systems; most become tool-driven executors, not unlike assembly-line workers. AI does the work, humans keep the signature—and the role’s value collapses. This isn’t about finding another job after being laid off. It’s about the market no longer needing you. Competing on effort, stamina, or diligence won’t work—there’s always someone younger, tougher, and cheaper. I’ll likely be replaced too—and sooner than we think.

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