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Fortune
Jason Ma

As AI creates more entrepreneurs and a skills mismatch, Gen Z faces the choice of being a specialist or a 'general-purpose nerd'

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Depending on your point of view, young people today trying to choose an employment path either have immense opportunity or a bleak future.

Entry-level corporate jobs are drying up, whether that’s due to AI or the prevalence of remote work, cutting off traditional avenues for launching careers. At the same time, demand for workers in skilled trades is booming amid the frenzy to build AI infrastructure.

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