191: AI Destroyed Your Career Ladder (Here's What to Do Now)

Get AI-Ready with Kyle’s 5-Day Challenge: https://aiwithkyle.com/join Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChlLglbHDASnoGkbjDeHnQg Summary: AI isn't taking your job. It's doing something more insidious — it's stopping new ones from being created. Entry-level roles are down 35% since 2023, and the grunt work that used to build careers (research, admin, junior analysis, legal discovery) is gone, absorbed quietly by AI with no fanfare and no replacement. That's the real story behind Eric Schmidt getting booed off a graduation stage, and it's worth sitting with. The old deal — degree, job, ladder, pension — is finished. Wozniak's message that you have "actual intelligence" is a lovely thought, but actual intelligence without opportunity just becomes frustration. So here's what I'd actually recommend: stop waiting for a government fix or a tech exec to have a change of heart, and start carving out something small that you own. A skill, a service, a product. AI makes that more achievable than it has ever been, and right now it might be the only career ladder left worth climbing. —— Time Stamps —— 0:00 Tech CEOs Booed at Graduation Speeches Over AI 0:45 Eric Schmidt Booed at University of Arizona Commencement 2:27 Steve Wozniak's "Actual Intelligence" Counter Speech 3:43 Why Schmidt Is Probably Right About AI & Young People 5:09 Gen Z Isn't Anti-AI - They Distrust the Tech Industry Deal 6:29 How AI Kills Entry-Level Jobs Without Replacing Workers 8:55 Why New AI Roles Won't Save Gen Z From Unemployment 10:28 The Career Ladder Is Dead - Start Your Own Income Now 13:25 Action Steps to Stay Useful in the AI Economy — Useful Resources —— Find everything else at https://aiwithkyle.com/