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Has AI Changed the Job Market for Graphic Designers? What Can Other Professions Learn From It?

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to understand how AI is actually affecting people’s careers, rather than relying on predictions about the future.

Graphic design seems like an interesting example because it is one of the professions where generative AI has become widely accessible.

For those working in graphic design, or who have experience hiring designers:

• Have you noticed fewer job opportunities?
• Are employers hiring fewer designers or changing what they expect from them?
• Have salaries, rates, or competition changed?
• Has AI created new opportunities as well as replacing some tasks?
• Has the career path itself become different?

I’m asking because I’m wondering what people in other professions should learn from what is happening in graphic design.

If AI is already changing the demand for human work in some fields, people choosing or developing their careers may eventually face similar changes in their own professions.

So, based on your experience, what has actually changed, and what would you advise someone today who is choosing a career that could be significantly affected by AI?

I’m much more interested in real experiences than predictions about what AI might do in the future.

To people in Europe: Have skilled trades become financially better than many university professions?

I’m curious about the situation across Europe.

In Algeria, we have noticed an interesting change in the labor market.

As university education has expanded and large numbers of graduates have entered the job market, professions that require a university degree have become highly competitive, while skilled trades such as construction, plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, tiling, painting, and others have become very expensive and often surprisingly well-paid.

For example, a construction worker or skilled tradesperson can earn more than an engineer or an architect. I am speaking specifically from the perspective of an engineer because I am an architect myself: I currently have four years of experience in architecture, yet my income is roughly equivalent to what a shop assistant or a construction helper who has never studied in his life might earn.

This made me wonder:

Is the same thing happening in your European country?

Are skilled tradespeople such as construction workers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, or mechanics earning good incomes compared with university graduates?

And from your personal experience:

What type of worker seems to have the best combination of income, reasonable working hours, job security, and quality of life in your country?

I would especially appreciate hearing from people about their own experiences.

What country are you from, and what is the situation there?

To people in Japan: Have skilled trades become financially better than many university professions?

I’m curious about the situation in Japan.

In Algeria, we have noticed an interesting change in the labor market.

As university education has expanded and large numbers of graduates have entered the job market, professions that require a university degree have become highly competitive, while skilled trades such as construction, plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, tiling, painting, and others have become very expensive and often surprisingly well-paid.

For example, a construction worker or skilled tradesperson can earn more than an engineer or an architect. I am speaking specifically from the perspective of an engineer because I am an architect myself: I currently have four years of experience in architecture, yet my income is roughly equivalent to what a shop assistant or a construction helper who has never studied in his life might earn.

This made me wonder:

Is the same thing happening in Japan?

Are skilled tradespeople such as construction workers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, or mechanics earning good incomes compared with university graduates?

And from your personal experience:

What type of worker seems to have the best combination of income, reasonable working hours, job security, and quality of life in Japan?

I would especially appreciate hearing from Japanese people about their own experiences.

What is your experience?