Do you believe that the crisis will end when the COVID-19 pandemic ends? Do you believe the world will be a better place as if nothing happened? That kind of thinking is naive.
In reality, the opposite will be true.
After the pandemic, a real crisis, bigger and more serious, begins.
While many may have considered the pandemic itself a crisis, the real crisis lies in the acceleration of change brought about by the pandemic, the economic crisis it has wrought, and the ongoing events that will follow.
The pandemic has accelerated the rise of robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, and automation, impacting your job and the jobs your children will have in the future. --- p.8

But it is businesses, not workers, that will adopt robots, artificial intelligence, and automation.
Martin Ford, a futurist who is known for his research on robots and artificial intelligence, said in his book Rise of the Robots (2015) that “if a technology that can reduce human resources is available, it is almost always tempting for rational entrepreneurs to do so,” and that an era in which robots equipped with artificial intelligence compete with humans for jobs is inevitable.
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To become a professional student, you must be honest with yourself.
Each person's desired results and goals as a professional student may vary.
At least being honest with yourself will give you a clearer idea of ​​what you want and what you want to focus on studying.
You should choose a study that will truly benefit you and that you can immerse yourself in, rather than a study that is just for show to others.
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In July 2020, when domestic fintech company TOSS hired developers, it did not consider college degrees.
Toss, which had been hiring developers on a rolling basis, has now started hiring developers with less than three years of experience, including new hires. The company has eliminated the document evaluation process and requires all applicants to take an online coding test as their first step.
Here, we conducted a task-based screening for those who passed.
It was tested by presenting actual development work as a task.
During this process, we conducted technical interviews with successful applicants, during which they submitted free-form application forms.
This is a different method from the one used by companies that have been hiring college graduates in the past, which involved document screening and written exams in the first round.
Since the documents are submitted last, not first, it seems that the ability itself is evaluated first.
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68-69

POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) Graduate School of Convergence Studies will open a master's and doctoral program in social data science starting in the first semester of 2021.
This major is supported by POSCO and SK Hynix, which provide full tuition and educational resources. If you are selected for the SK Hynix track, you are guaranteed a job at SK Hynix immediately after completing your degree.
The reason companies invest is to secure the talent they need.
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Minerva Schools, which opened in 2014, is a regular university without a campus or classrooms.
Traditional universities have long built large, offline campuses and numerous buildings, capitalized on real estate value, operated sports teams, and actively pursued profitable businesses and investments.
As a result, the question of whether universities exist strictly for the sake of students or whether students exist for the sake of the university's business was inevitably raised.
For universities to focus on education, an online, non-face-to-face model may be an alternative.
These are the issues that Ben Nelson, founder and CEO of the Minerva Project, revealed as the issues he had in mind when creating Minerva Schools.
This sense of problem is spreading to existing universities.
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If you are currently working, ask yourself some cool questions.
What are the chances that your job will be replaced by a robot? If your job involves simple, repetitive tasks that don't require creative solutions or manuals, if you can handle them independently without the need for assistance from others, if you're comfortable working in tight spaces, and if your job doesn't require negotiation skills, you should be a little anxious about the future.
If something can be solved by an algorithm or created by a program, we must accept a future where jobs will disappear.
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Rather than evaluating the answers to the questions, we also evaluate the questions themselves.
The answer can be found through search, but the question is a problem.
People who admit they don't know what they don't know and ask questions about what they are curious about can achieve more than those who don't.
If you want to find an answer, you must first find a question, and if you find a good question, you will get a better answer.
Ultimately, questions become the beginning of creation.
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It is important to note that coding is not a functional vocational training program that turns you into a programmer, but rather that any profession can maximize its value and expertise through coding.
Artificial intelligence and computing technology are constantly evolving, but how much of a loss would it be if we failed to fully utilize and enjoy them? Just as the goal of learning English isn't simply to converse with English speakers, but to achieve practical results through those conversations, whether it's making friends or conducting business, and the core goal is to achieve high status and opportunities along the way, the same goes for coding.
Knowing the alphabet and being able to have simple conversations doesn't mean you can do business in an English-speaking country and become an expert.
Coding should also be understood in that way.
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Studying trends and the future is not a subject to be memorized, but an experimental subject.
It is most important to understand the background and direction, and then apply that to your own situation and interpret it.
To this end, it is necessary to observe and analyze a wide spectrum when interpreting trend issues.
Put yourself at the center of all interpretations.
The reason we study is not for others, but for ourselves.
So, no matter what trend or future issue, think about how you will apply it to yourself and respond to it.
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Ultimately, raising inclusive leaders should be the primary goal of parents raising their children today.
Inclusive learning is necessary not only for children but also for today's working people.
The era of the lone wolf is over. The era of trampling on others to achieve success is over.
We live in an age where every word and action is revealed in its entirety, and past mistakes can have fatal consequences.
In the future, people with bad character will not be able to become talented people or leaders.
This is not because people have become kinder and more just, but because times have evolved.
Diversity and inclusion are not optional, they are essential.
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The third goal is to study to understand yourself.
If you don't know, no one will.
What your child is good at, what he or she wants to do, what you are good at and what your goals are—no one else can know.
Rather than spending money on asking others for advice, you should invest time, effort, and money to find the answer yourself.
Let's use at least half of the private education costs we spent on college entrance exams over the 12 years of elementary, middle, and high school as opportunity costs for diverse experiences to find out what we truly like.
This is the best education and gift you can give your children.
And even if you are already an adult, it is not too late.
It's never too late to learn about yourself.

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