David Armano was my guest on a recent episode of The Vandy Program, and he pulled no punches when talking about where things are going.
Some highlights from our conversation:
Get Used to Working with Agents
Not talent agents, of course, but AI agents. This will make us more efficient, but also lonelier. You used to go into an office and have the advantage of “water cooler conversations,” but now you’re going to need to set up your own conversations with like-minded individuals — that may not be your coworkers — because your water cooler conversations will be with AI agents that you’ll be asking to work on several tasks for you.
Build Your Own Career Bunker
David’s concept of “Career Prepping” makes total sense: get rid of the excess stuff and stop chasing a higher social status; instead you should build the skills you need to survive in the workplace of the future.
“No one is coming to save you.” Wise advice, but will also mean…yes, a lonelier future.
Time to Find Your People
Conversations like this, I think, are great — and you don’t have to have them on a podcast like I do — because you learn something new, and you get to find out who your “people” are.
This is going to become much more important in the future: having a stable of folks that you can call and bounce ideas off of is really vital. (And one thing I’ve learned is how valuable the chat is when it continues AFTER the recording button gets turned off. Really really good stuff.)
IN any event…
Give the video a watch, and check out David’s work on his Substack.
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