Category Archives: Future of Professions

#402 – ‘CAREER PORTFOLIOING ISN’T JUST A WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LAYOFFS. IT’S THE NEW VERSION OF CLIMBING THE CORPORATE LADDER – SCOTT SONENSHEIN

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One thing that’s become clear in the past few tumultuous—and for many, traumatic—years is that it’s easy to feel like there is no control in our lives. Control is a basic psychological need that helps people feel like they have agency, from how they live to where they work. One area where people have tried to wrestle back control is around work. Continue reading →

#399 – LAW AND LEGAL DISRUPTION – GREG HUTCHINS

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The basic premises of how the economy works have shifted under our feet and the government will have to respond.
Gautam Mukunda – Writer

Can you imagine a conversation with a work Alexa giving you legal assistance instead of a human lawyer. Fasten your seatbelt. Legal and many other professions are being disrupted. Continue reading →

#391 – HALF LIFE OF CAREERS – GREG HUTCHINS PE CERM

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Because of the nature of Moore’s law, anything that an extremely clever graphics programmer can do at one point can be replicated by a merely competent programmer some number of years later.
John Carmack – Software Engineer

A number of years ago, several of us at Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) wondered what are the people  implications of what is commonly called Moore’s Law. The 2020 edition of this book (pre-COVID) focused on AI and technology disruption. In the updated Continue reading →

#360 – THE FUTURE OF RELIABILITY ENGINEERING – CARL CARLSON

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Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” – William Jennings Bryan

The Oxford English dictionary defines “reliability” as “the quality of being able to be trusted to do what somebody wants or needs.”

The textbook definition for “reliability” is “the probability that an item will perform its intended function for a designated period of time without failure under specified operating and environmental conditions.” Continue reading →