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[–] kippininreal@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

... don't see that happening in any IT, science, medical, or engineering field...

While this is most definitely a common sense take, in reality "maximize shareholder value" will push companies no choice but to automate these jobs for worse results.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They absolutely will try to automate these jobs, with some of the industries I listed seeing this process continue for generations. I just don't think it will ever get to a point where people will pay to work at a tech company and tech companies will want to use the labor of these people.

[–] kippininreal@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Yep, fair point.