How to Guess If Your Job Will Exist in Five Years

Will my job even exist in five years? Following the rise of Claude Code and ChatGPT, pretty much every white-collar worker I know has been asking themselves that question. AI can code like an engineer, write a business plan like a consultant, decorate like an interior designer, and answer medical questions better than a doctor. It can make up a shockingly catchy and shockingly filthy country tune, and croon it in a voice drenched in Tennessee whiskey. The realization that America might not need so many engineers, consultants, interior designers, doctors, and country singers in the future naturally follows. Searches for the phrase job apocalypse are spiking. Polls show that voters are beginning to freak out.