The First Jobs AI May Kill Are the Ones People Need to Gain Experience
yi111 · reddit · 2026-09-23
A popular Reddit thread argues the bigger danger isn't AI eliminating jobs overnight but removing the first rung of the career ladder. Coding agents already handle tasks once given to junior developers, and similar tools are spreading to writing, design, customer support, research, and office work.
- If companies need fewer entry-level workers, how do people gain experience to become senior?
- Unemployment could rise long before AI fully replaces entire jobs.
- The author asks: what happens to the next generation when "starter jobs" disappear first?
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