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5 posts on ai jobs on The AI Career Lab. Working guides, how-to walkthroughs, and tool comparisons for professionals applying AI to real workflows.
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The Agentic-AI Job Guide: 8 New Roles, What They Pay, and How to Break In
Agentic AI Engineer, AI Agent Architect, AI Trainer — eight new job titles that didn't exist three years ago, with 2026 salary bands, the skills you need, and the realistic on-ramp from each adjacent role.
How to Survive an AI Layoff: A 30-Day Reskilling Playbook
Just laid off? A four-phase, 30-day playbook for the 2026 reset — runway, severance, rejection decoding, AI-pivot path, and an applied skills sprint that ends with a portfolio piece.
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Can AI Fire You in California? What the New Workplace AI Laws Mean (October 2026)
On September 30, 2026, Governor Newsom signed California's No Robo Bosses Act (SB 947) and three related workplace AI laws. Starting July 1, 2027, an employer can't fire or discipline you based on an AI system alone, and must tell you when AI was used. Here's what each law does, when it starts, and what to do if you work in or manage people in California.
What Does Anthropic's 2030 Economic Model Say About Your Job?
Anthropic released an interactive economic model in September 2026 projecting how AI could reshape US jobs and wages by 2030. The headline finding: Dario Amodei's own dire unemployment predictions land in the model's least likely scenario.
Is AI Really Taking Jobs? What the 2026 Data Actually Shows
Aggregate 2026 hiring is stable, but entry-level professional jobs have dropped 29% since January 2024. MIT's Andrew McAfee now warns that aggressively automating entry-level roles could backfire — cutting the apprenticeship pipeline that creates senior talent — while Goldman Sachs tracks 11,000 job losses monthly. New in October: McKinsey projects more US jobs in 2035 than today, but about 11 million people may need to switch occupations entirely, and Indeed data shows software developer postings up almost 15% since early 2025, led by senior and AI roles. New October 14: Kroger says it will cut about 3,000 corporate roles (roughly 37% of its corporate staff) over three years as it leans on technology and AI. Updated October 14, 2026.