AI exposure
IT admin / DevOps: will AI take this job?
50%Changing fast
The server is down. The AI says “have you tried turning it off and on again?” Classic.
Why
Scripts and configs are AI-friendly; production incidents at 3 a.m. still need someone who understands the whole system.
Where to look next
- Cloud / platform engineer
- Security engineer
- Site reliability engineer
What AI already does
- Writing scripts and configs
- Monitoring alerts
What stays human
- Incident response
- Architecture decisions
Skills worth learning — Tech & data
- Building with AI models and agents
- Security
- System design and product sense