> …the jump would be from a machine operator to a software engineer/automation engineer. While this are certainly all teachable skills, they require an extremely different skill profile than the ones they're replacing.
They're not though. You need higher intelligence to be a software engineer, compared to a machine operator in most manufacturing plants.
Certain jobs are simply out of reach for most people.
It's not controversial that in the 18-century logging wood was out of reach for some people for lack of strength. But somehow it's controversial to admit that certain modern jobs are out of reach because of lack of intelligence.
They're not though. You need higher intelligence to be a software engineer, compared to a machine operator in most manufacturing plants.
Certain jobs are simply out of reach for most people.
It's not controversial that in the 18-century logging wood was out of reach for some people for lack of strength. But somehow it's controversial to admit that certain modern jobs are out of reach because of lack of intelligence.