Railway Engineering / Railroad

My Major Lifespan

until AI starts shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates
Sep 24, 2034 · 2920 days left

Driverless urban rail, automated traffic control, and AI video inspection will cut hiring of subway drivers and night-shift inspectors first. But driverless mainline rail is still far off, and driver licensing, public-enterprise headcounts, and unions slow the cuts, so they come mainly as positions left unfilled.

Major lifespan is the time left until AI is expected to start shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates. It doesn’t mean the major will disappear or that everyone will lose their job.