PhatPattheRiverRat
Well-Known Member
I know this has been posted ad nauseum here and elsewhere, but I think this is a topic that warrants serious discussion. The perpetual cry of "we will be replaced by machines and automated package sorters holy bleep" seems to rouse two main types of responses:
1. Yeah, we're all screwed and it is going to happen sooner than you think, so I'm damn happy I have put in my ___ years and will be getting out soon good luck youngins. -OR-
2. The technology may be here someday soon, but the acceptance, adoption and regulation on a fullscale basis will make it harder to implement. There would probably be widespread paycuts before job losses.
I tend to fall in the second camp. I'm 33, no kids, a hot girlfriend, haven't even started driving. There are two things I am doing to prepare for the future: I am living like 50k a year is the most I will ever make (in case there are paycuts), and if I make more that's great, I'll sock all excess cash into retirement. I am also additionally taking computer science courses at night and online, maybe one a semester, with a focus on robotics (C language, low-level stuff). Adapt or die, and all that fun stuff.
So maybe this is all for naught. Perhaps none of this will become a factor in my career. The fact is, I feel there will always be a human element involved in Package car driving. Feeders, well I don't know enough about em to say. So what are your opinions? What are you doing (if anything) to prepare in case the future brings widespread changes?
1. Yeah, we're all screwed and it is going to happen sooner than you think, so I'm damn happy I have put in my ___ years and will be getting out soon good luck youngins. -OR-
2. The technology may be here someday soon, but the acceptance, adoption and regulation on a fullscale basis will make it harder to implement. There would probably be widespread paycuts before job losses.
I tend to fall in the second camp. I'm 33, no kids, a hot girlfriend, haven't even started driving. There are two things I am doing to prepare for the future: I am living like 50k a year is the most I will ever make (in case there are paycuts), and if I make more that's great, I'll sock all excess cash into retirement. I am also additionally taking computer science courses at night and online, maybe one a semester, with a focus on robotics (C language, low-level stuff). Adapt or die, and all that fun stuff.
So maybe this is all for naught. Perhaps none of this will become a factor in my career. The fact is, I feel there will always be a human element involved in Package car driving. Feeders, well I don't know enough about em to say. So what are your opinions? What are you doing (if anything) to prepare in case the future brings widespread changes?
