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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing I thought was odd about the article is that while it was discussing careers/jobs “disappearing” today, many of the examples made it clear that the fields were already reducing in scope when the Gen-X subjects were in their mid-late 20’s/early 30’s.

E.g., the guy who was working for Spin in the early 2000’s in NYC making $31K a year. Which would have been quite challenging to live on by then and he was in his early 30’s. My first real job in 1990 in the Midwest paid $22,500 and that was considered a pretty low salary.

The article content seemed relevant in, say 2005-2010, not 2025. [/quote]

Spot on! The NYT had become so thin and weak in the past decade itself but i was still hoping for something meatier here and closer to, well, the truth - and it did get close. But the Gen X creatives, which I used to be part of, have been $&); out of luck since 2009-2012. The vast majority of us spent the 2010s getting out of our creative career tracks. The ones who didn’t either couldn’t find a way out, stayed because they were a well meaning but delusional holdout, or because they were supported by family wealth. That AI is now undermining what little is left of these roles is a new piece, and AI is changing the career path landscape for new grads in their 20s wondering what to pursue, but the end of these jobs at a meaningful level hasn’t been a surprise to creative Gen Xers for 15 years. It was depressing and grim in 2012. Weird article. [/quote]

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