econsortia

A consultancy project, focussed on sustainability, quantitative economic analysis and finance

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Semiconductors outstanding performance! https://t.co/PMvYr4QZSm

[Santiago @svpino]

My job will become obsolete. The question is not "if" but "when."

I've always lived off my work as an engineer, but I've seen AI models closing the gap fast. And it doesn't look like it'll stop. The more we see, the more it looks like AI will continue squeezing us.

I can't control the future, so I stopped worrying about it. I decided to stop focusing on what might change and focus on what will not change.

Jeff Bezos once said he was frequently asked what would change in the next 10 years. He argued that a more important question was about the things that won't change. You can't do anything with changes, but you can build a business strategy around what's stable.

That's what I've decided to do.

What areas should I work on today that will still be relevant in 100 years? Here is my plan:

• Ability to think clearly and communicate my thoughts

• Ability to self-motivate myself to learn new things

• Ability to solve problems, no matter how difficult they are

That's the foundation. If I improve on every one of those, I'll be fine.

But I also need to focus my energy and expertise on a specific area. Here is what I'm betting on:

• Ability to write software that other people want to use

• Ability to draw insights from existing data and make future predictions

• Ability to teach how to write software and draw insights from data

I'm not sure how much of these will be helpful in 20 years, but that's my plan today.

Will that be enough? Time will tell.

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Si a escala europea se produce una sopresa igual de favorable, habría argumentos para bajar los tipos del BCE ya.

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La inflación de noviembre (avance) ha ido mejor que lo que apuntaban las previsiones. Se queda en el 3.2% anual y podría cerrar el año cerca de ahí, a pesar del buen comportamiento de los precios del pasado diciembre.

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La inflación subyacente también se ha comportado mejor que las previsiones, hasta el 4.5% anual, y podría acercarse en diciembre al 4.0%.

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Gmail and Outlook remind me when I forget attachments. Big brothers taking care of my lapses!