We all know one day you’ll have robots steal your job, in this two part series we teach you how to know if you’re vulnerable and how to win! To begin with though let me read to you an interesting fact I found few months ago:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2012, Google, for example, generated a profit of nearly $14 billion<\/strong> while employing fewer than 38,000 people<\/strong>. Contrast that with the automotive industry. At peak employment in 1979, General Motors alone had nearly 840,000 workers<\/strong> but earned only about $11 billion<\/strong>\u201420 percent less than what Google raked in. And, yes, that\u2019s after adjusting for inflation. – Rise of the Robots<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
It outlined a trend I’ve been well aware of for quite a while now which is the growing rise of machine automation. At first thought when reading the above most people see it as great news, Google was able to make 20% more <\/strong><\/em>profit whilst employing only 4.5% of the people GM did. That’s quite the achievement and they’re right! However it also bypasses a critical issue which is that it now takes considerably fewer people to do the same job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m sure this isn’t shocking news to most people. There’s articles<\/a> all over<\/a> the web<\/a> writing about<\/a> it but I would like to address the issue from a more personal viewpoint. Most pieces just prattle on about this looming death cloud of and robots steal your job but what does that really mean for you and I? More importantly what aspects are within our control<\/strong><\/em> and how can we prepare for and embrace this change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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