Posted on Jan 8, 2023
What jobs have technology totally eliminated?
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Watching an old movie today that got me thinking about jobs that are no longer around because of technology. What jobs can you think of that have been eliminated by technology?
I'll start with the one from the movie that got me thinking about this: Elevator Operator.
PV2 Larry Sellnow @sgt Charlie SSgt (Join to see) Maj Robert Thornton Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Stephen C. Cpl Vic Burk CPT (Join to see) LTC Stephen F. PO1 H Gene Lawrence SSG Michael Noll CPL Douglas Chrysler SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG Franklin Briant Sgt Albert Castro SPC Michael Oles SR PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Sgt (Join to see) SPC Michael Terrell SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM
I'll start with the one from the movie that got me thinking about this: Elevator Operator.
PV2 Larry Sellnow @sgt Charlie SSgt (Join to see) Maj Robert Thornton Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Stephen C. Cpl Vic Burk CPT (Join to see) LTC Stephen F. PO1 H Gene Lawrence SSG Michael Noll CPL Douglas Chrysler SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG Franklin Briant Sgt Albert Castro SPC Michael Oles SR PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Sgt (Join to see) SPC Michael Terrell SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen There is still newspaper delivery but most have gone to electronic delivery putting the newspaper delivery boy almost out of business. (I delivered papers for the Chicago Today paper; long gone out of circulation).
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
For sure the neighborhood kid delivering newspapers is long gone. We have electronic subscription but that includes delivery of Wednesday and Sunday printed editions. Those hard copies come from someone driving around in a truck, not a kid on a bicycle.
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Machine typesetting for newspapers.
Well, here's a more complete history:
"The handset typesetting era began in 1440 and ended in 1970, and it is still practiced in some quarters (500+ years).
The machine typesetting era began in 1886 and ended in 1976, and it is barely in practice (90 years).
The phototypesetting era began in 1950 and ended around 1990, and it is totally gone (40 years).
The laser imagesetting era began in 1978 and ended in 2008, replaced by direct-to-plate, on- and off-press (30 years).
The digital printing era began in 1976 and the laser CTP era began in 1991."
-Frank Romano, 12/16/2011
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
https://whattheythink.com/articles/55522-day-typesetting-industry-died/
Well, here's a more complete history:
"The handset typesetting era began in 1440 and ended in 1970, and it is still practiced in some quarters (500+ years).
The machine typesetting era began in 1886 and ended in 1976, and it is barely in practice (90 years).
The phototypesetting era began in 1950 and ended around 1990, and it is totally gone (40 years).
The laser imagesetting era began in 1978 and ended in 2008, replaced by direct-to-plate, on- and off-press (30 years).
The digital printing era began in 1976 and the laser CTP era began in 1991."
-Frank Romano, 12/16/2011
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
https://whattheythink.com/articles/55522-day-typesetting-industry-died/
The day the typesetting industry died
The day the typesetting industry died
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Funny, that's one I thought of too. When I was in high school I was in Junior Achievement and our company was Presco Printing. We did things like invitations or thank you notes, etc. All were hand typeset and printed on an offset printer. We did quite well, were actually the top JA company in the Hartford area during my junior year.
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