LinkedIn founder feels that 9-to-5 jobs will become a relic of the past by 2034!
Reid Hoffman. An old interview with the entrepreneur is going viral on social media. In the clip, Hoffman says he believes that 9-5 jobs will become a relic of the past by 2034!
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In the video, he said that much of the workforce will be replaced by artificial intelligence aka AI in the coming years.
Entrepreneur and angel investor Neal Taparia shared a video of Hoffman where he predicts that in the future, an employee may not have a stable job and may work in a gig economy — i.e. have a contract with multiple companies and work across various industries. He also added that while a gig economy will offer more flexibility and opportunities, it will also lack job security, something many employees crave.
Sharing the clip, Taparia wrote, “Your 9-to-5 job is dying. By 2034, it'll be extinct. That is Reid Hoffman's latest prediction – the founder of LinkedIn who predicted the rise of social media in 1997……Hoffman's past predictions are spooky:
• Predicted social networks would change the world (LinkedIn sold for $26B). • Saw the sharing economy coming (Early Airbnb investor). • Called the AI revolution years before ChatGPT…”
Taparia predicted that in the future, freelancers would earn more than permanent employees. He also predicted that the resume/CV would become obsolete in the future.
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