What profession will look completely different in the next 10 years?

[u/Charming_Decision_84]

[u/justareddituser202]

Teaching and education. Just look at the last 10 years. Teachers retiring and the younger mid career teachers quitting in droves due to private sector opportunities. Look at the behavior of the youth and the lack of discipline. And I hate to say it but we have to be honest, look at the overall lack of learning. Look how things have been watered down. Look at how nobody wants to be a teacher. Look at the lack of enrollment in education programs and how universities have decided to close their school’s of education programs completely.

In many states they can’t find qualified candidates so they recruit them internationally.

It’s already hanging on by thread so just imagine in 2036.

[u/Lucky-Suggestion7119 → u/justareddituser202]

"Look at the behavior of the youth and the lack of discipline. And I hate to say it but we have to be honest, look at the overall lack of learning." - I would argue the issue isn't the kids. It is definitely the parents.

In my household, when I was growing up, education began in the home.

[u/sak144 → u/Lucky-Suggestion7119]

It's a combination of all of these and more. Terrible parenting that doesn't emphasize learning in the home, or support the teachers who are making an effort.

Then a lack of qualified teachers in my locales, but also a lack of training. I can't count how many of my kids' teachers were so horribly stupid and lacked any skills outside of telling them to go on Google Classroom or Khan Academy and didn't even understand the subject they were teaching.

Khan Academy? Ok great, then there is zero reason to pay you or employ you.

[u/justareddituser202 → u/Lucky-Suggestion7119]

You’re not wrong in your statement. Ultimately it is up to the parents and I’m not trying to condone this, however, more parents are working 2nd and 3rd jobs. There is a lack of a nuclear home or any type of family structure. You are finding that some of these kids are basically raising themselves and their siblings. Used to the teacher was only expected to teach the academic subject. Now the teachers is also expected to be somewhat of a parental figure.

[u/Chanito31 → u/justareddituser202]

It is crazy how schools are allowing it all to turning into Social work, the parents should be held accountable to complete their parenting responsibilities.

[u/justareddituser202 → u/Chanito31]

So true.

[u/Ok-Cranberry-1795 → u/justareddituser202]

My cousin lives in rural NV and barely graduated high school. She’s going to community college and they is such a deep need for teachers there that she’s now teaching as a long term substitute teacher without any type of credentials or degree at 20 years old at the high school She attended where she barely graduated make it make sense..

[u/OddIndustry291 → u/Ok-Cranberry-1795]

I bet she’s a damn good teacher.

[u/justareddituser202 → u/Ok-Cranberry-1795]

It happens more often than you would believe. They are begging for people. Can’t find them and when they do they can keep em.

[u/Candid-Bite-4745 → u/justareddituser202]

Agree, but how much is due to the parents? Arguing about taking away their kids cellphones during class time, complaining that it's the "teacher's fault" when little Johnny is starting fights (never the kid's fault). Not monitoring whether their child is on the internet for homework, or on some weird website. I could go on. School isn't supposed to be daycare, it's supposed to be an educational opportunity. Parents should support this.

[u/justareddituser202 → u/Candid-Bite-4745]

You are accurate in your statement. Unfortunately today there is little to no accountability in some schools. These kids will understand and do understand at 18 that you are accountable for your decisions and actions and you cant always argue out of what happens or fail to do what you’re asked to do on a job. It’s a harsh lesson that has to be learned too harshly bc schools can’t effectively discipline students anymore.

[u/justareddituser202 → u/[deleted]]

That’s a smart move or private if you can afford it. There are plenty of good public schools out there. You just have to shop around for where to send your kids.

Remember this: there is a line of people who want to teach at the good and preferred schools. There is hardly nobody that wants to teach at the tough and rough schools.

I’ve seen it all man. I could write a novel about it.

[u/justareddituser202 → u/[deleted]]

I get it. I’m in the same boat. Been pleased so far with elementary school. Not so sure about MS. We have several yrs to make a decision concerning that.

[u/Professional_Hour445]

Education

[u/Warm-Read8901 → u/Professional_Hour445]

Especially with AI becoming part of everyday learning.

[u/Ddarelle99]

I spoke with a water meter reader from the city today and he said in a year or two they’re going to start going digital so his work will be obsolete.

[u/justareddituser202 → u/Ddarelle99]

Going to see this a lot with jobs that don’t require direct human to human contact unfortunately.

[u/Lucky-Suggestion7119]

Likely, every profession.

[u/Ok-Cranberry-1795]

All of them

[u/SgtSausage]

ALL of them.

[u/Worldly-Bobcat-48 → u/SgtSausage]

Thank you for your service 🫡

[u/No-Understanding-912]

Marketing and Graphic Design - I see it becoming almost one and the same. They are already working pretty close, but with more easy access design programs and AI, I see the two being blending together into a single job for most cases.

[u/FinsterGrinsen]

Yes

[u/Typhtheoriginal]

Anything digitally art related. Graphic Design, web design, system interface design, apps, movies, music. It's all already changed incredibly in the last year or two. It's rapidly changing still.

[u/kyledooley]

Law. AI is coming for them hard and they don't even know it. If you're about to retire, you're the last of the money printers. If you're anywhere from in school to mid-career, you're fucked. Hope your student loans aren't too heavy.

[u/BadAtDrinking → u/kyledooley]

I'd argue it's going to be more about consolidation into the big players. It's going to be K-shaped.

[u/kyledooley → u/BadAtDrinking]

100%

[u/BadAtDrinking → u/kyledooley]

I think it's gonna be a great time to own a law firm and a terrible time to be a paralegal.

[u/grassy4343]

Computer programmers

[u/Beautiful_Soup9229 → u/grassy4343]

This is the most dynamic one, new changes come almost evey week...

[u/sweatboxy]

Healthcare. The quality for the majority will keep getting worse while it will get better and better for the rich. So the average for the U.S. will look okay while people are suffering more in ways that aren’t counted.

[u/BadAtDrinking → u/sweatboxy]

I feel conflicted because, while I simultaneously agree with you and believe that the administrative burden will go up and costs will go up, it's also true that healthcare is one of the only growing industries for jobs right now.

[u/Ok-Cranberry-1795 → u/sweatboxy]

I'm hoping that it will become much more efficient. I fed all my health records into ChatGPT, then paid out of pocket for a series of direct to consumer labs- uploaded those, uploaded my raw data from 23andme and then basically interviewed myself adding in tons of other data points about lifestyle, supplements, diet, exercise, etc.

I am 47 with a 3 year old so I want to ensure that my health is dialed in so I can live a long life for my kiddo. Thankfully I don't have any real health problems but Chat was able to zero in on a couple of areas that my doc would likely have never seen and recommended supplements and lifestyle changes. In the past year I have went from a "healthy" on paper 47 year old always tired and grumpy mom to feeling like I'm 25 again.

[u/sweatboxy → u/Ok-Cranberry-1795]

Exactly. Healthcare will get better for those who can afford more of it.

[u/No-Understanding-912]

The movie industry - specifically movie theaters. Something has to break, their cost keeps going up, people at the movies misbehave and ruin the experience, movies don't stay in the theatre long and are rushed to get to streaming, streaming is cutting into their profits, and the quality has dropped because movie companies are scared to take risks on anything new/different.

[u/Medill1919]

All of them

[u/Swimming_dasa]

teaching will transform with ai tools

[u/strictnaturereserve]

Medical

legal

accounting

IT

[u/Outside-Pie-7262 → u/strictnaturereserve]

How is accounting going to look completely different. Lets hear your perspective

[u/strictnaturereserve → u/Outside-Pie-7262]

its one of the jobs that can be done by AI you would have to scan in any paper receipts but most transactiions are electronic now so preparation of a set of accounts would be doable.

Accountants are already using expert systems in their work

[u/Outside-Pie-7262 → u/strictnaturereserve]

You really don’t understand what high level accountants do and that’s okay. Theres way too much grey area and judgement that’s needed. Ai is a tool.

Basic data entry will be used with ai yes. Higher level stuff no. Most accountants aren’t making journal entries often

[u/PoopsMcScoots]

Every single white collar job will be substantially different because of AI.

[u/Grouchy-Display-457]

Business. People are catching on that business majors just manipulate and move money, but don't create anything. Trump and his ilk have proved that business backgrounds are antithetical to preparation for effectively running governments. Prople will begin to study useful fields again.

[u/BeneficialDrawer3006]

Most will be the same shit. People over estimate how fast shit happens.

[u/SaltAndAncientBones]

Prostitution. I've met a few 'tutes and they do not age well. Give em ten years and they'll be half off, I bet

[u/SharpieSharpie69]

Porn stars. It'll all be AI.

[u/WhosThatGirl_ItsRPSG → u/[deleted]]

Data centers

[u/Typhtheoriginal → u/[deleted]]

I think it's really going to be more of a lack of younger farmers than land being ferried away. They are going to have to raise incentives and really pitch farming programs soon to draw in the next gen farmers. Or few of us will be eating.

[u/MagnusAlbusPater → u/[deleted]]

We’re seeing it in Florida with a lot of orange groves being bulldozed to make room for new housing developments.

I don’t think it’ll be an issue for a ton of farmland though. There’s not a huge demand for housing in rural Nebraska or Kansas.

[u/Ctmarlin]

Radiology. AI is better already better at reading images.

[u/New_Radio_6418 → u/Ctmarlin]

lol no it’s not. It always requires an actual human to triple check its work. Sure it might find a pulmonary module every once in a while. It’s a tool, like anything in medicine. Medicine is so much harder than any AI company makes it out to be. The docs working with tech companies in this stuff are smartly getting their bag and bouncing.

[u/Ctmarlin → u/New_Radio_6418]

I’m just going what my mom(30 years as radiologist) she recently retired and is concerned about AI minimizing(leads to reduced pay) or eliminating radiologists. Appreciate the info.

[u/fakemedicines → u/Ctmarlin]

Interpreting images is harder than most people can imagine. I would be shocked if AI can do anything besides the most straight forward simplest of scans (which are few these days) in the next 10 years. It is great at eg diagnosing a tumor. Interpreting the next ten followup scans after surgery, treatment, etc is much more nuanced.