Future of Work

Wanted in AI: English majors

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By Alessandra Riemer, Editor at LinkedIn News

Updated 4 hours ago

Landing a job in tech is no longer just a coder's world. Tech companies are now on the lookout for those with liberal arts backgrounds — including literature and philosophy degrees – who can help bolster language and creative thinking in AI models, Fort... See more

Because we must make money to support ourselves and our families (a worthy and legitimate goal), we sometimes confuse the tools that help us achieve this goal (eg., mastering customer service, spreadsheets, management techniques) with the values that feed the soul (higher order goals like self-discovery; the pursuit of beauty and truth; love).

In an age where we expect to see thousands of new programs, technologies, and systems released during the course of our lives, the ability to comfortably integrate new ideas with personal passion is an absolute necessity.

Today the knowledge economy is giving way to a relationship economy, in which people skills and social abilities are going to become even more core to success than ever before.

“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”