Career Intelligence Universe
AI-Augmented Careers
Roles where AI already changes how work gets done — and where humans still direct, verify, and own outcomes.
What this theme is: AI-augmented careers are not “safe” or “doomed.” JR’s researched roles show task-level mixes: some work accelerates, some becomes more valuable.
- 67 individually researched roles linked below
- AI patterns use published Index tiers only — no invented family scores
- Next step: personal assessment → skill gaps → learning → proof → opportunities
Roles included (researched)
Only individually researched occupations are listed with Index tiers. Related directory titles appear on the coverage map as taxonomy-mapped — not as fake research.
Evidence note: AI exposure tiers below come only from JR’s published AI Job Risk Index for individually researched occupations. Taxonomy-mapped titles are discoverable but are not individually scored.
AI impact pattern
Tier counts only for individually researched roles shown on this page.
High automation pressure
15 researched roles in this set (published Index: high).
Augmentation-heavy
51 researched roles (published Index: moderate).
Human-led / AI-assisted
1 researched roles (published Index: low).
Common responsibilities
Aggregated from JR’s role taxonomy dimensions for the researched occupations above — not scraped job ads.
- Execution — appears in 30 researched roles in this set
- Communication — appears in 30 researched roles in this set
- Analysis — appears in 25 researched roles in this set
- Planning — appears in 22 researched roles in this set
- Judgment — appears in 19 researched roles in this set
- Creation — appears in 17 researched roles in this set
- Customer interaction — appears in 12 researched roles in this set
- Compliance — appears in 9 researched roles in this set
Human advantage
- Domain expertise — shared across 35 researched roles
- Judgment — shared across 30 researched roles
- Accountability — shared across 22 researched roles
- Relationships — shared across 19 researched roles
- Creativity — shared across 15 researched roles
- Trust — shared across 11 researched roles
- Leadership — shared across 11 researched roles
- Physical presence — shared across 7 researched roles
Typical moves & adjacent careers
- sde to sdm (software-developer → engineering-manager)
- sde to tpm (software-developer → technical-program-manager)
- sde to technical product manager (software-developer → technical-product-manager)
- sde to solutions architect (software-developer → solutions-architect)
- sde to ai ml engineer (software-developer → ai-engineer)
- sde to staff principal engineer (software-developer → staff-principal-engineer)
- sdm to tpm (engineering-manager → technical-program-manager)
- sdm to technical product manager (engineering-manager → technical-product-manager)
- tpm to technical product manager (technical-program-manager → technical-product-manager)
- tpm to product manager (technical-program-manager → product-manager)
- tpm to engineering manager (technical-program-manager → engineering-manager)
- tpm to solutions architect (technical-program-manager → solutions-architect)
What can I move into? · Skills that survive across careers
Learning & proof
Academy topics and public guides already wired to these roles:
- How AI Shows Up at Work Today
- Prompt Engineering Techniques (Chain-of-Thought, ReAct)
- Descriptive Statistics & Summary Metrics
- Relational Database Design & SQL Basics
- What is AI?
- AI Terms You Should Know
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Architecture
- Kinds of AI (Generative, Predictive, and More)
Also: Upskill Academy · Excel at Work · Freelance projects · Job board
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Updated 2026-09-15. Methodology: how scoring works · research · coverage & evidence depths.