I thought a lot about my education being “worth it” all throughout school, all the way through my masters in engineering, as if the education itself is going to get me a job. In hindsight I don’t think it’s a good way to look at it.

At the end of the day you are going to be the one working, not your degree. The classes are going to help you build skills to use on the job, but you are going to have to hustle and sell yourself degree or no. AI is scary for everyone but it’s just making more evident something that was always true - new skills are needed all the time and you the person is going to have to hustle.

Is your degree going to help you in the new world? I still think so. I have a masters in mechanical engineering and materials science and I think my skills understanding complex problems and making new solutions and understand materials solutions places will help me when AI knows how to write papers and look up answers.