It's about time I talked about this in one of these posts -- the AI revolution is upon us.

Okay, it's not quite Skynet yet, but it's still spelling disaster for a lot of different jobs.

Some are already halfway out the door, like many repetitive and administrative jobs: customer service, scheduling, and data entry, to name a few.

But they're just the start. Many other positions that are often thought of as requiring more skill and education are prime for the silicon harvest:

• accounting work like financial modeling and data analysis
• paralegal work like contract drafting and legal research
• marketing work like graphic design and copywriting -- even some journalism!

Even work in fields that require huge amounts of educational investment like the medical field aren't safe. Diagnostic AI and robotic surgery are positioned to displace even some of the most trained positions in the workforce.

However, I wouldn't write this post if all I wanted to do was preach doom and gloom. I don't want to shoulder in on the news media's territory. I would like to point to why there's still hope for skilled, technically-minded people.

Get into Appliance Repair: a Hands-on and Brains-on Skill

As much as things are changing, some things will always be the same: people own machines to make their lives easier, and when those machines break, they want it fixed. They need a real human who can come to their home, figure out what's wrong, and fix the problem.

Sure, AI can get involved in some areas of appliance repair --  for example, LLMs can be trained on service manuals and other documentation to make diagnoses, but the output of such an AI would only be as good as the documentation it's given (which we techs know is often shoddy at best). And regardless of how sophisticated this auto-troubleshooter becomes, it can't get around the fact that you need a skilled technician in the customer's home to make intelligent tests and perform effective repairs.

This is why appliance repair as a career is about as future-proof as it gets -- there will always be a need for it, and a human has to fill that need.

So if you're looking for a lucrative and secure job -- especially if you're in the process of being ousted from a different skilled field by AI -- you need look no further than appliance repair.

How do I become an appliance repair tech?

I have a full-length article on this subject, but here's the gist in 3 easy steps:

1. Enroll in an online appliance repair training course at Master Samurai Tech. You can learn all the key skills you need to know to effectively troubleshoot and repair appliances from your own home. We offer industry-lauded, online, self-paced training courses designed to build you up from zero and give you skills that will be valuable no matter what the future brings. Click here to see what we offer.
2. While going through those courses, get your hands on appliances to apply what you're learning. If you're starting your own business, this means experimenting on your own machines or on appliances from the scrapyard. If you're joining an appliance repair company, they can set you up on ride-alongs with their experienced techs to start getting your hands dirty.
3. Never stop learning. You can always become a better tech, and Appliantology is here to help you with that. The best appliance repair techs on the web call this site their home, and it's your one-stop shop for tech help, service manuals, and ongoing education resources. If you're enrolled at Master Samurai Tech, you're a member here for free. If not, you can click here to become a member today.