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Opticianry (diploma)
🇨🇦 Canada · Medicine & healthNext in lineAmong the safest 47% of 239 majors
Major Countdown
5 yrs 11 mo
14days 01:32:08:484
until AI starts cutting hiring for this major’s grads
Oct 2, 2032 · 2177 days left
Likely range 2 yrs 5 mo – 11 yrs 11 mo
Based on college diploma graduates
Class of 2030: 2 yrs 3 mo left after you graduate
AI lens advice and self-service fitting are cutting in-store dispensing work, so chains trim staff per store, and online sales add non-AI pressure. Regulation keeps a registered optician in each store longer than US rules, delaying the cut; only frame fitting still needs hands.
The countdown is the time left until AI is expected to start cutting hiring for this major’s grads. It doesn’t mean the major will disappear or that everyone will lose their job.
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