Sheryl Sandberg tells Gen Z the 10-year career plan is dead as AI wipes out entry-level jobs: ‘Don’t script your career when the future is uncertain’
Sheryl Sandberg advised graduates at Brandeis University that the traditional 10-year career plan is no longer viable due to rapid technological changes, particularly from AI. She emphasized the importance of having a short-term direction and a long-term dream instead of a rigid plan. Sandberg reassured Gen Z that while the job market is challenging, every generation has faced similar difficulties and adapted successfully.
- ▪Sheryl Sandberg believes the 10-year career plan is outdated due to technological disruptions.
- ▪She encourages graduates to focus on short-term goals and long-term dreams rather than rigid plans.
- ▪Sandberg highlighted that every generation has faced tough job markets and has found ways to adapt.
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For generations, graduates have been advised to map out their careers: Pick a job, plot the promotions, and know exactly where you want to be in 10 years. But ex-Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg thinks that advice is dangerously outdated.Recommended Video “Don’t script your career when the future is uncertain,” the former chief operating officer of Meta just told graduates at Brandeis University. “You don’t need a 10-year plan. If I had one, I would have missed the internet.” Sandberg, who went on to become one of the most powerful women in Silicon Valley, knows firsthand how tempting it is to cling to a rigid plan when the job market looks shaky—as well as what it’s like to enter the working world at a time of huge technological disruption.
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