He mastered one skill, relied on it for decades, and then retired with certainty.
That model doesn’t exist anymore.
When I started my career in 2006, BPOs were booming.
Then came IT services.
Next, product-led companies took over.
Each shift demanded new skills, and those who didn’t evolve got left behind.
(Remember cold calling? It's almost extinct)
Today, the pace of change is even faster.
AI has made ‘professional relevance’ a moving target. We all have read enough about ‘vibe coding’ in the last 30 days :-)
Millennials and Gen Z can’t count on staying in one job, or even one industry, for life.
That changes the very idea of a career. It's no longer a marathon that you can run at a steady pace.
It’s a sprint track now: short bursts, fast pivots, and constant restarts.
The only skills that matter is reinvention & quick adaptation!
PS: Here's my son, who has already moved beyond the AI and Agentic era and is preparing to go to Mars - staying ahead in the race for professional relevance :)
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