Software developer versus Heavy truck driver
Software developer
A large share of the work is moving. The remaining core is narrower and more senior than it used to be.
Heavy truck driver
A large share of the work is moving. The remaining core is narrower and more senior than it used to be.
Software developer sits 10 points above Heavy truck driver. Which is not a statement about skill, difficulty or worth. It is a statement about what a machine can currently do.
Input by input
The single score is the least interesting thing on this page. This is where the difference actually is.
- Tasks a machine can help with Assisted
- 88 28
- Tasks a machine can do without you Done outright
- 58 34
- Tasks needing hands, presence or a body Physical
- 4 78
- How close robotics is to that physical work Robotics reach
- 40 62
Higher is generally good news. It means more of the work gets faster without the work going away.
This is the number most people mean when they say exposure. It is kept separate from assistance on purpose.
Protective only for as long as robotics cannot reach it. Read this one next to the robotics number, never alone.
Low reach turns physical work into shelter. High reach turns it into the main exposure.
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