I'm doing my mba deciding between a manufacturing engineering role and staying in tech. the manufacturing gig pays well and the problems seem interesting but everyone keeps saying AI and robots will replace factory jobs.
then I read this and it actually changed my mind
turns out the best factory operators have knowledge that literally can't be automated. the real problem is the opposite, companies can't capture what these people know before they retire.
feels like manufacturing might actually be MORE stable than tech right now. wdyt??