I had to quit my job last year both for health reasons and because we decided to put our daughter in online school.
I was a video editor before all of this. I was already unable to find a job in my field for a few years because everyone marketing person’s boss told them to download a free editing app and just shoot it all on their iPhone. Doesn’t matter if it sucks, it’s cheaper. And by the time I’m back on the job market, they’ll use AI to do it. And it will still suck compared to what I can do, but they won’t care because it’s cheaper.
I’m turning 48 next month. I feel like I’m basically doomed to work shit jobs that I hate until I die.
That’s the thing about all these articles on how well the job market is doing, while simultaneously there are tons of articles on layoffs and bankruptcies that they never acknowledge that all - the new jobs always fall like they are in gig and crap work.
It’s part of a concerted effort by the upper echelons of Capital to break the middle class - they own the media and use it to strategically time news to either move the market, influence legislation and policy, all while keeping people disillusioned and fearful.
I had to quit my job last year both for health reasons and because we decided to put our daughter in online school.
I was a video editor before all of this. I was already unable to find a job in my field for a few years because everyone marketing person’s boss told them to download a free editing app and just shoot it all on their iPhone. Doesn’t matter if it sucks, it’s cheaper. And by the time I’m back on the job market, they’ll use AI to do it. And it will still suck compared to what I can do, but they won’t care because it’s cheaper.
I’m turning 48 next month. I feel like I’m basically doomed to work shit jobs that I hate until I die.
AI was a mistake.
Best wishes.
capitalism was. tech is just tech.
AI can be used to speed us up, so instead of having free time we get 1 person shoddily doing the work of a few.
More than just a mistake. It’s the mistake that will keep on mistaking.
Yeah, so were cameras.
Adapt or die. Welcome to the human condition.
That’s the thing about all these articles on how well the job market is doing, while simultaneously there are tons of articles on layoffs and bankruptcies that they never acknowledge that all - the new jobs always fall like they are in gig and crap work.
It’s part of a concerted effort by the upper echelons of Capital to break the middle class - they own the media and use it to strategically time news to either move the market, influence legislation and policy, all while keeping people disillusioned and fearful.
I can’t say I had any luck on there but someone with your skills may do well on Freelancer if you’ve got a portfolio of your work.