Matt Turck: from punch card operators to agent managers, jobs always adapt
mattturck · x · 2026-10-12
Matt Turck (FirstMark) on AI job anxiety: roles have always evolved — punch card operators, Lotus Notes admins, Flash developers, Dreamweaver webmasters, DevOps and Tableau analysts — and now people are becoming agent managers and harness engineers.
His conclusion: "It will work out just fine." Technological shifts eliminate specific job titles, not work itself, and new roles keep emerging.
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