For a long time factories supplied steady, well-paying work for a lot of people. Those days are pretty much over.
For a long time mid-level management provided steady, well-paying work for a lot of people. Those days are coming to an end.
What replaces those jobs is anyone’s guess.
> For a long time factories supplied steady, well-paying work for a lot of people. Those days are pretty much over.
That is definitely a true statement. You could make the same statement about agriculture.
The days of manufacturing are pretty much over no matter what you do. After labor costs in Asia go up to make large scale manufacturing there impractical, automation will take over.