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The Jobs We Looked Down On Are Becoming the Jobs We Can’t Replace

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AI is automating the tasks that once defined high-status knowledge work. Meanwhile, the person fixing your heating system, installing your solar panels, or caring for your elderly parent? Still there. Still needed. Increasingly hard to find. The jobs we looked down on are becoming the jobs we can’t replace and building a portfolio career may be one of the smartest responses to a world where the old hierarchies no longer hold.

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