Ask HN: What would you tell someone joining the workforce 20 years from now?
If you could tell anything to someone who would be joining the workforce 20 years from now, what would it be? Study computers? AI? Prepare to live in space?
I don't mean to say that the realization of the fundamentals hasn't changed, and there is always new stuff to learn. My point is that focusing on learning fundamentals and applying them to the current technology environment is a better strategy than starting out by skipping the fundamentals and going to the application du jour.
So study CS or EE, but don't focus on AI (I work in AI), wait and adapt to where the realization of the tech is in 20 years.
(If you're not asking about tech and about general life choices, learning to be self sufficient through hunting / farming and moving to Alaska would also be a recommendation)
Tradespeople are pulling in SWE money in any high COL/low housing market.