Looks Like I Was Right to Be a Theater Major
Looks Like I Was Right to Be a Theater Major For the last two decades, we optimized for specialization. Go deep, build technical expertise, and become indispensable through what you can do. Now many of those same technical tasks are being automated, and the advantage is shifting toward the people who can define the problem clearly and evaluate whether the outcome actually matters. When answers are easy to generate, the real value comes from knowing what to ask, how to connect ideas, and how to interpret what comes back. The skills we used to dismiss are starting to look a lot more relevant. Want to read the full article? Click Here!
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