The job of the future might mean the job you are doing today will go away.
But there may be a silver lining.
University of Washington Computer Science professor Pedro Domingos has written the book on how technology and machines are profoundly changing the workplace.
"What everybody needs to do in terms of their job is they have to understand what in their job can be automated and what cannot," Domingos said.
He predicted if a robot can do your job, a robot will do it. And in some cases, it already is.
"For example, a loan officer in a bank," he said. "Like (a) quintessential white-collar job, (they are) much easier to replace by machine learning algorithms. And they have mostly been replaced. Whereas, a construction worker is actually much harder to replace. So it's not just a problem for the working class. This is actually a problem for everybody."
<strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-b5b6749d-a794-8bca-51cf-e03ac8ec2fc2">Domingos gave KIRO 7 a list of 10 jobs he thinks will eventually be done by robots:</span></strong>
But Domingos insisted technology is not the enemy.
"Many more jobs have been created than destroyed," he said. "(An) app developer is an example. Another is data scientists, right. The people who develop these learning algorithms that then replace workers. There's, like, demand for millions of them."
<strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-b5b6749d-a794-8bca-51cf-e03ac8ec2fc2">Domingos says there are three questions you need to ask yourself to predict the future: </span></strong>
Musicians have long known how to get a gig to stay afloat. Domingos said millennials are increasingly picking up short term gigs, too, and almost all of them involve a mix of old and new technology.
Justin Campbell's side gig is driving for the ride sharing service, Lyft.
<span id="docs-internal-guid-b5b6749d-a794-8bca-51cf-e03ac8ec2fc2">"I thought it would be a good opportunity to make money on the side and get a newer car," said Campbell</span>, 28.
But it's not his main source of income.
"I'm still a cook," he said.
So KIRO 7 hitched a ride to find out why this works for him.
"It's an extra source of income that I can work around whatever schedule I have," he said.
Doing the Lyft gig has helped him buy a new car and soon, custom covers to protect the seats from inebriated passengers.
"If I drive like a full week," he said. "I can do the seat covers with one week of earnings."
<span id="docs-internal-guid-b5b6749d-a794-8bca-51cf-e03ac8ec2fc2">Domingos </span>added, "People need to be on their toes both in terms of knowing you know what future their job has. And even if their job does have a future, it's probably going to change."
On the job in Ballard, real estate appraiser Angie Thompson said,
"So it's just a matter of time before they don't need an appraiser anymore, either."
To stay ahead of the changing times, Thompson, a one-time KIRO 7 News photographer, is now training to become a real estate broker.
In the 11 years since she made the switch, the nation's big housing lenders -- known as Freddy Mac and Fanny Mae -- have begun storing thousands of real estate appraisals in a nationwide database.
"You're always going to need a broker to help you out," she said.
She's hoping the third time will be the charm.
"No robots yet," she said with a laugh.