He said this to URA.RU.
According to him, we are talking about people performing work that does not require any qualifications. As an example, he cited sellers, guards and drivers.
“We have about 15 million people working in professions that do not require any qualifications ... Obviously, this work will not be needed soon,” he said.
According to him, people who are employed in the service sector will soon replace high-tech equipment and digital services.
“Instead of sellers, they put devices in the stores, and the products can be bought using a QR code,” Shein said.
He also expressed the opinion that specialties will remain in demand, part of which is empathy and empathy, or those where there is a high level of variation in the application of knowledge "for example, education or medicine."
Previously, futurologist Alexander Kononov, in an interview with NSN, also predicted the imminent disappearance of driver and seller professions. According to him, it will start with large companies that have the means to introduce a new one, and a small business has a slower process.