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Jesse Sweeten spent nearly a decade doing industrial construction along the Gulf Coast — gas plants, chemical facilities, work that paid well but came with real risk and no certainty about what came next. When he moved to Austin and heard the city was at the center of a semiconductor boom, he didn’t know how…

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If you’ve typed “will AI take my job” into a search bar recently, you’re not being paranoid. You’re paying attention. The headlines have been relentless: Goldman Sachs warns of 300 million jobs exposed. Entire industries automate overnight. AI tools do in seconds what used to take hours. If your work involves repetitive, on-screen tasks —…

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If you’ve had the thought lately — I need to get out of this job, but not right now, not in this economy — you’re not alone. Not even close. A February 2026 survey by ResumeBuilder.com found that 57% of U.S. workers now identify as “job huggers.” That’s up from 45% just six months earlier.…

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