Your Job Is Changing Faster Than You Think

Assume that your current role is close to its expiration date.

Edit: The original title of this post was ‘You’ll lose your job in 2027.’ I changed the headline.

A few readers shared that the original title felt painful in the context of recent layoffs. After reflecting on that feedback, I agreed the framing missed the mark. I’m sorry.

I still stand by the core message: our jobs are changing rapidly, and the point of this post was to encourage people to proactively adapt before change is forced upon them.

For anyone working in tech, I’m sorry to say this, but there’s a real chance you will not have the same job by the end of 2027.

Some of that will be because of layoffs. Intuit and Meta just announced cuts, and I don’t think anyone seriously believes we’re done seeing more.

But even if you keep your seat, your actual job is going to change. A lot. The responsibilities, expectations, tools, scope of what you’re capable of accomplishing, bar for what ‘good’ looks like, and number of people needed to do the work are all being rewritten every day.

It’s alre…