#63 Duncan Young: Jobs Are Dead. Long Live The $10 Million Niche.

Going Direct Conversations · May 12, 2026 · 1h 12m

I sit down with Duncan Young to discuss an essay he recently published on Substack that went a bit viral: “Jobs are dead, long live the $10 million niche.”

Duncan explains why AI is coming for repetitive tasks rather than the work itself, why mid-career professionals are facing an existential crisis, and why building your own ladder is now a far better bet than climbing a corporate one.

Enjoy.

Recording date: May 4, 2026

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

03:38 Duncan's Background

07:42 Writing With AI

11:18 First Job Compression: Industrialization

14:05 Second Job Compression: Great Offshoring…