I work in marketing, more specifically I specialize in digital marketing and social media management. Thus, I’m extremely vulnerable to being replaced by AI. I’ve been struggling with what to do about this? Would upskilling in AI help me or should I find a new career completely? I’ve been considering becoming a teacher but I’m on the fence. What are my options here?

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This is where I'm at. I have been successfully freelancing for years, but this year I have been scraping by, and I know next year will be worse. I have no idea what to pivot to because anything I have transferable skills for will also be targeted by AI. I'm starting to wonder if starting a physical product-based business is the way to go.

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Physical like manufacturing? With inventory and supply chain issues? Rent? Land, storage, insurance? No thanks. Just be the person who knows how to use the AI tools and use then as a force multiplier for your own business. What could you do if there were four or five of you? Use the AI Agents to scale your business in 2026

I find myself in a similar boat. Everyone talks about how AI is going to make things run more efficiently, but no one seems to have an idea on what we’re supposed to do when AI wipes out of jobs.

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oh gosh, don't go into teaching. Plan for success, my friend. Stay in tech. Be the one who orchestrates the tools, enables them, teaches management about them. Be the one that builds and orchestrates the agents. Focus on governance, privacy, consumer protection, trust and authenticity. When the Fed is pulling budget and canceling the entire Dept. of Education at the federal level ... this is not the direction you want to go.

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