Automation takes the stage
In a recent post, I cited some jobs that are most likely to be immune from being lost to automation, mentioning, for example, performers and commission sales people. With respect to performers, perhaps I spoke too soon. As the Huffington Post reports, South Korean robot actress EveR-3 (Eve Robot 3) has made her stage debut in a government-sponsored production of “Robot Princess and the Seven Dwarfs.” EveR-3 is five feet, two inches tall, speaks Korean and English, has a total of 16 facial expressions, and never forgets her lines, although she does collide with other actors.
ron harding commented:
I'm also on the unemployment since July last year. In the past 3 jobs i have been designing and building automated test systems from the ground up using c# .NET control GUI, design the associated hardware, and associated test equipment remote control.
I got let go cuz i did not have enough Labview experience(what was needed for the next big project). However, i can design small, robust automated systems with digital/analog i/o using microcontroller and my associated desktop .NET app for a fraction of the cost that Labview based National Instruments tools costs.
There's nothing wrong with labview, it has its place, i'm just saying that sometimes it is overkill. i have used labview and my .NET apps successfully together. So if you do have the license, software, and hardware, then your in the game.
there are grants for taking labview classes for us unemployed engineers via the worksource unemployment office, so i am considering on doing that. also, boning up on database design and sql, my weak areas.
my two cents.
