Ask HN: what jobs stay safe if AI keeps eating software work?
helpfulmandrill · hn · 2026-07-22
An Ask HN thread asks what software developers can do if AI and offshoring shrink the job market. The poster argues that many fallback careers people suggest — manager, product manager, and other “knowledge work” roles — may also be vulnerable if AI keeps advancing.
The thread is essentially a search for an “escape hatch” from AI exposure. The poster asks whether the real answer is to leave knowledge work entirely and move into trades like plumbing, reflecting broader anxiety about how far AI may compress white-collar work.
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