Future-Proofing Your Career: Strategies for Engineers in the Age of AI

“Designed in California” was an early warning.

Travis Hubbard
6 min readMay 2, 2023
“A van Gogh style painting of a Roman gladiator fighting a robot from the future”
Source: Author via DALL·E (prompt in ALT)

Are you worried about job security in the era of AI?

I spend an hour a day doomscrolling Twitter, and lately, my feed is consumed with:

ChatGPT is going to replace us all!

We’re doomed.

Or are we?

Either way, it got me thinking about jobs, specifically systems and software engineering jobs, that can’t be replaced by AI.

Future Proof?

Future-proofing your career is the key to staying relevant in the tech industry. In simple terms, future-proofing means taking steps to protect your job from becoming obsolete due to technological advancements.

Why is future-proofing important? Because AI is taking over routine jobs in every industry, causing traditional job roles to evolve and shift.

In this article, I’ll dive into what I think are AI-proof jobs in software development and systems engineering that will keep you relevant and earning the big bucks for years to come.

What makes an engineer “AI Proof”?

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Travis Hubbard

Developer, writer, digital alchemist. 30 years in software. MEng Stevens.