Tired of losing job to ai and switching careers - has anyone switched from a WFH position to most in-office/field position?
I've been 100% WFH for over 14 years, but sick of losing jobs to AI - has anyone gone from a more desk-centered position to a mostly in the field with a tablet position?
IDK about ya'll, but I'm TIRED of losing my job because of AI and could use some opinions on new directions.
My recent career history:
-Lost 8-year Content Editor and SEO job in December 2023. Reason: AI made my position obselete.
-January 2024 Got another job with a popular entertainment site revolving around Ranking various things - games, movies, books, virtually anything relating to pop culture. Lost that job December 2024, as the company was shifting entirely to AI-generated content and no longer needed such a large team. Kewl, bro.
-I've been running my own freelancing career ever since, working in SEO for both local and national websites. My micro agency was VERY successful, I have had hundreds of clients over the past two years, and am genuinely great at what I do...
But as we are heading into the middle of May here, I've lost almost all of my major clients in the past month who are now being more budget conscious (and some are just trying out bs AI seo outlets to save $$ smh).
I've always been pretty great at recognizing patterns, and I can see the writing on the wall here, especially with Google announcing the other day that they were aiming to go entirely AI with their search results.
I don't see my micro marketing agency surviving, and I'm looking at other potential career avenues. And unfortunately for me I just purchased a house in Ohio earlier this year, and I am paying to slap a new roof on it as we speak. But now I'm worried if I don't get another career soon, I'm going to run out of the money I currently have in my coffers.
so I'm currently looking at a middle-management level oilfield operator job. It sounds like this job is somewhat hybrid, two days work from home (I’d be working from my new home in Akron for a Texas-based company King Operating (a college buddy is getting me a job there), and the other 3 days I would be traveling. For the WFH portion, I'd mostly be working on honing a new asset acquisition strategy for my region and for the in-the-field stuff I'd mostly be traveling to various sites of mineral owners around my area for production optimization.
So far, the job sounds pretty dope. Salary is above $100K, which is an absolute must rn, as that's what is needed to sustain my current mortgage. Benefits and stuff are all there.
Is there anyone who currently works in an oil field job and knows how the industry is fairing against AI and constant layoffs? IDK, I'd hate to get into a new career only for it to result in the same AI layoffs I'm seeing.
And, for anyone who has mostly been working from home since well before the pandy and has since switched, were you able to adjust? Orrrrr does everyone at the office just think you're socially awkard now?