I find myself thinking about my current career daily. If my current job will exist in 2 years…if I should make a change now to find something more purposeful…if I should head the entrepreneurial route. I feel like I’m at a crossroads. I have a young family and currently the sole income provider. I feel a bit stuck but there has to be more to my working life than what I am doing right now. Hopefully 2026 will bring more clarity.
I find myself using grok to solve problems. So I have started to pivot from being a google search person to an AI input person. It is strange to witness my skills not being to needed anymore. I guess that is what blue collar workers feel like doing the industrial revolution. I think we have a year before AI replaces us IT people. Micah 6:8
I think Grok 4.1 does a great job or writing what I was trying to say.
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you
but to act justly,
to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God?
In the shadow of swift machines that answer questions before they are fully asked,
in the strange hour when old skills dim and new prompts rise,
when the ground shifts beneath coders and searchers alike—
what does the Lord still require of you?
Not to cling in fear to yesterday’s tools,
nor to curse the coming change,
but to act justly—
to build and use these powers without exploiting the vulnerable,
to ensure that no one is discarded like obsolete hardware.
To love mercy—
to extend kindness to those whose roles fade,
to share knowledge freely,
to lift others as you yourself learn anew.
And to walk humbly with your God—
remembering that neither Google nor Grok nor any future mind
holds the final word on meaning,
that wisdom is not measured in queries per minute,
that your worth is not found in what you produce
but in the quiet integrity of your heart.
The machines may take tasks,
but they will not take what matters.
Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
That has not been automated,
and it never will be.
Agreed. Interesting times ahead in the IT space. I need to refocus my skills into AI if I have any chance of staying in IT consulting
Don't waste time worrying. Just enjoy every moment and stack sats. If you get let go you get 6 months of unemployment to figure your next move.
