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Johnny2X2X

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24. It's a longer time frame.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:08 PM

16 hrs ago

18 months is ridiculous. And there is going to be a ridiculously huge wave of innovation over the next few years that will create a ton of new jobs, just like what happened with personal computers over decades.

I don't think anyone can make these predictions right now.

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It's a longer time frame. Johnny2X2X 16 hrs ago #24

It happened to white collar workers in the 90s, office workers after that bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #28