The AI Wake-Up Call: Why Mid-Career Professionals Are Most at Risk (And What to Do About It) | Lou Compagnone, Director of AI at Datacom

AI is replacing jobs. The headlines are terrifying. And if you're in the middle of your career right now, you might be wondering: Am I next? Amazon just laid off 16,000 people. Tech companies are slashing roles left and right. Job descriptions are changing every two weeks. And the one phrase you keep hearing over and over again is: AI.

But here's what nobody's telling you: it's not that AI is replacing humans. It's that mid-career professionals who refuse to adapt are being left behind.

Welcome back to Career Confidence, where today I'm sitting down with Lou Compagnoni, Director of Artificial Intelligence at Datacom, to talk about what's actually happening in AI right now—and what it means for your career.

This isn't fear-mongering. This isn't doom and gloom. This is a brutally honest conversation about the signals you need to be paying attention to, the mindset shifts you need to make, and how to stop reacting to disruption and start becoming the architect of your own future.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction: AI Ready Women Series Launch

1:12 The Current State of AI: Mixed Feelings in the Marketplace

4:54 Amazon Layoffs and AI: What’s Really Happening?

7:04 Key Signals to Watch: Language Shifts and Cognitive Debt

9:16 How to Use AI Without Losing Your Creative Edge

14:13 Women and AI: Overcoming the 'Cheating' Mindset

14:53 Who’s Most at Risk? Mid-Career Professionals in the Crosshairs

17:43 The Mindset Shift: From Resistance to Experimentation

21:07 Skills for 2030: Adaptability, Collaboration, and Love of Learning

23:37 Essential AI Tools and Learning Resources

31:09 2030 Predictions: Transformation of Roles and Education

33:39 Real-World Impact: How Jobs Are Already Changing

35:32 Being an Urgent Optimist: Shaping the Future Proactively

37:17 Practical Steps to Future-Proof Your Career Today

39:26 Lou’s Career Journey and What’s Next

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The world is changing. The jobs are changing. The skills that matter are changing. But you don't have to be a victim of this disruption.

You can be the architect of your own future.

This episode will show you how.

Georgie 💜