Ask HN: If AI took your job tomorrow, what is your plan?

3•rogerrogerr•48m ago

I'm looking for some optimism here after reading one of the recent daily threads that devolves into doom. I'm 26, single, at a non-FAANG making okay money doing software, but I can feel the AI grip tightening. Maybe it's an illusion, not sure, but it sure feels real.

Does anyone here have a creative plan for other industries to get into? Ways to reduce expenses? Trying to find something people with brains like ours can look forward to.

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jakedrift•22m ago

I would open a small food stall, park it near a busy street. The money you'll get from it would be enough to survive and put something in savings too. And if you get famous for your food there, you can try to open a permanent shop.

But yeah small food stall or food van is the way to go. (My opinion)

andsoitis•17m ago

... deal with it then, if it even happens. In the meantime, embrace it in creative ways.

xvxvx•1m ago

Sell my home. Withdraw my 401k. Buy a small home outright, somewhere away from the bullshit and find a non-tech job knowing that I don’t need much money to survive. A sort of semi-early retirement.

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