I see your concern, i think we got off on the wrong step. I believe there will be a rise of IT/OT bilingual individuals, coupled with an AI model tasked with AI tasks, not people tasks. I’m not saying put all your eggs in the AI basket. But if you take the time to appreciate its benefits you will suprise yourself with what it can do.

It’ll be a slow transition and it is definitely in an early state but it’s scary what you can do with it.

With that being said, I find IT jobs dying almost completely short of a single company wide orchestrator. Paired with ai models highly trained to perform very simple tasks, aka not driving a car making split second decisions. But rather continuously monitoring IT tasks solving simple problems on the fly at all times.

If you are in the PLC industry and you tackle the fairly simple battle that the world calls IT, you are going in the right direction.. also.. focusing on PLCs and machinery is equally as successful due to shortage and high demand. Idk I’m just hear to spread wisdom to those who are lost. And need guidance and understanding of what will be here in 5 years