The Pipeline is Collapsing From the Bottom Up
For decades, the career path after college was clear. One began in an entry-level role, built experience, and ascended professionally. Those first positions taught what classrooms could not. They taught how to work in a professional environment, how to think, and how to lead.
But that entry point is eroding, and soon, it may disappear entirely.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is diminishing the need for entry-level positions. It can now automate the very tasks that once defined the start of a profession, analyzing spreadsheets, drafting reports, and summarizing data. The work that taught judgment and context has become a script of code that is executed in seconds.
