"If you get good, you can literally print money": AI era rewards skilled labor
teodorio · x · 2026-10-11
Quoting zekramu's take that you can either doom over AI employment data or realize "there has never been a better time" for skilled people — demand for skilled labor has never been higher — X user teodorio adds that if you get good enough, you can "literally print money." The post captures the skills-premium side of the AI-and-jobs debate.
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