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I said there has never been a more lucrative time to be a party girl a couple of months back and the latest slew of high paying events marketing roles in tech is proof I was right.
But the more interesting story beneath this all is how A.I. is inverting the skills we considered most valuable in the workplace.
This isn’t the first job listing with an exceptionally high salary for a job that has been historically underpaid…
The storyteller, the copywriter… now it’s the events marketing manager
And it’s not just happening in tech: a recent report from impact revealed that senior leaders across all industries are increasingly prioritising candidates with a humanities background
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The most lucrative jobs in tech right now is a party planner. And I think this is a sign that we are on the brink of a massive shift in the job market. Anthropic is hiring an events marketing manager on a salary of 400 ks, which for context is about four to six times the going rate for this type of role, which tells us that Anthropic sees it as critically important. But I think there's a bigger story here about how AI is inverting what skills we consider valuable in the worse. Because this isn't the first job listing with an unbelievably high salary for a role that was historically underpaid. Worse, we had the storyteller, then we had the copywriter, and now we have the events marketing manager. And this isn't just something that's happening in tech. Impact best published a report on how senior leaders across every industry are now prioritising candidates with a humanities background. As someone with a humanities degree, I know they were not considered to be the most useful. But now that AI has access to many capabilities, other most valuable skills are critical thinking and communication, creativity, and just generally having a more rounded perspective on the world. So I don't think this will be the last job listing like this. These are just the earliest signs of what the future of work looks like under AI.
