title: "So, About Whether Your Skills Are Still Worth Anything in the Future... Found This Thing." date: "2024-07-29" excerpt: "We're all quietly wondering if what we know today will matter tomorrow. Stumbled across an agent promising to gauge the future value of skills. My take after poking around."
So, About Whether Your Skills Are Still Worth Anything in the Future... Found This Thing.
Let's be honest. We've all had that little knot in our stomach, right? Especially lately. You look around, see the world shifting at warp speed, hear the whispers (or shouts) about AI, automation, entirely new industries popping up while old ones creak. And you can't help but think: Are the things I'm good at, the things I've built my career on, are they still going to be valuable five, ten years from now? It’s a pretty fundamental anxiety, navigating the murky waters of what skills are in demand and how to ensure your own are future proof.
I've spent more than my fair share of time wading through articles, taking those cheesy online quizzes ("What's Your Career Animal?"), and generally trying to get a handle on how to evaluate my current skills against some constantly moving target of future relevance. Most of it feels… a bit generic, doesn't it? Like reading a horoscope for your job title.
Anyway, in one of my usual deep dives down the rabbit hole of "existential career dread meets the internet," I came across this agent promising to help figure out if your skills still hold future value. The address is http://textimagecraft.com/zh/google/skill, if you're curious. It's presented in Chinese initially, which is interesting, but the core idea is universal.
My first thought was, "Okay, here we go. Another assessment tool." But I decided to poke at it. What's this thing really doing? It asks about your skills, your current situation, and it uses some underlying logic – probably tied to analyzing job market trends, industry reports, maybe even looking at where investment and innovation are flowing – to give you a perspective on the potential future trajectory of those skills.
Is it a crystal ball? Absolutely not. No tool can perfectly predict the future. And if you're looking for it to hand you a definitive list of "Skills to Get Rich Quick in 2030," you'll be disappointed. That's not what real career path planning is about anyway.
What struck me, though, is the process it encourages. By forcing you to articulate your skills in a structured way and then presenting a potential future context, it makes you think. It’s less about the tool having a magic answer and more about it being a catalyst for your own reflection. It nudges you to consider not just what you do, but the underlying capabilities that make you effective, and how adaptable those capabilities are. It brings the often-vague fear of "skill obsolescence" into slightly sharper focus, allowing you to potentially identify areas for development or pivot before it feels like a crisis.
How is it different from the usual suspects? Well, many tools focus on matching your personality to jobs or assessing your current proficiency. This agent seems more squarely aimed at the forward-looking valuation of your skill set in a changing landscape. It’s trying to answer that specific, gnawing question: "Is what I'm good at still going to matter?"
Using it felt less like a test and more like... well, having a structured conversation with myself, facilitated by the agent's prompts and feedback. It’s a starting point, a piece of data to add to your own understanding of the market and your place in it.
If you're feeling that familiar unease about whether your expertise is keeping pace with the world, or just curious about how to get a more objective perspective on the future value of your skills, it might be worth a look. It’s a practical way to begin evaluating your options and perhaps pinpointing what skills are in demand that you should be focusing on next. It certainly got me thinking beyond the surface. And sometimes, that's half the battle.