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Re: Ask HN: What skills are future proof in an AI driven job market?

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Post by ipaddr »

benj111 wrote: post #65
nicbou wrote: post #25

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Empathy, getting along with people, seeking mutual benefit are also valuable skills.

You see I've never found those are the social skills that get rewarded. More arse licking the boss, or not pointing out that bad idea is a bad idea, or taking credit for someone else's work. So yeah maybe getting along with the right people... And mutual benefit with the right people.

It's all part of getting along. If feedback that ideas are bad is not welcome why would you want to give it?

Being nice to everyone including your boss elimates a lot of problems.

Taking credit for someone elses work gives you additional power over that person and them additional responsibility when things go wrong.

Your boss will take credit for the departments work, his boss will do the same, her boss will do the same the vp will do the same. Their job is to get everyone under them to meet someone goal set by above. Everyone is taking credit for everyone elses work all the way up the chain. We do this as parents my child made the honor roll you might tell a friend knowing it reflects on you.

Re: Ask HN: What skills are future proof in an AI driven job market?

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Post by qsera »

jf22 wrote: post #51
austin-cheney wrote: post #32

* superior written communication * leadership * data structures * task/project management * performance/measurements * data transmission techniques Honestly, if you really have to ask the question then none of this matters because it sounds like you are already delegating your career to AI which would make this list unapproachable.

I'm interested to know why you think data structures are important. AI is pretty good at reasoning out data structures problems.

LLM does not "reason".

This should be clear by the fact that it can solve complex math problems without understanding how to count.

Re: Ask HN: What skills are future proof in an AI driven job market?

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Post by OccamsMirror »

insane_dreamer wrote: post #45
gnz11 wrote: post #39

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Job cuts no, but your next nurse might just be a "gig nurse" that bid the lowest for the job. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/healthcare-n...

PE is highly destructive to good healthcare

PE is highly destructive to anything it touches.

Re: Ask HN: What skills are future proof in an AI driven job market?

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Post by benj111 »

ipaddr wrote: post #71
benj111 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You see I've never found those are the social skills that get rewarded. More arse licking the boss, or not pointing out that bad idea is a bad idea, or taking credit for someone else's work. So yeah maybe getting along with the right people... And mutual benefit with the right people.

It's all part of getting along. If feedback that ideas are bad is not welcome why would you want to give it? Being nice to everyone including your boss elimates a lot of problems. Taking credit for someone elses work gives you additional power over that person and them additional responsibility when things go wrong. Your boss will take credit for the departments work, his boss will do the same, her boss will do the s…

Yes but you're recasting my complaints as good things.

Many elements of an abusive relationship can be good, but it's the degrees that make them bad. Would you tell someone they weren't in an abusive relationship because the things they told you about could be good? Or would you accept their feelings on the matter?

Re: Ask HN: What skills are future proof in an AI driven job market?

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Post by iExploder »

Soft / social skills. Any skill requiring engaging with the physical world (robots will take that over eventually but not just yet), digital world is already lost.

Anyway why do you want skills? If it's for economic purposes we are nearing cut off period after which no amount of skill will enable social mobility. Either u managed to lock in capital by now or ur done kind of situation...

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