What jobs have technology totally eliminated?

2023-01-08T21:15:28-05:00

Watching an old movie today that got me thinking about jobs that are no longer around because of technology. What jobs can you think of that have been eliminated by technology?
I'll start with the one from the movie that got me thinking about this: Elevator Operator.
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Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 8 at 2023 9:16 PM

2023-01-08T21:16:53-05:00

Many machines at fast food,

Response by CPL Douglas Chrysler made Jan 8 at 2023 10:54 PM

2023-01-08T22:54:27-05:00

I remember car wash places were full of people crawling all over your car cleaning it inside and out. Today there is one old fellow walking around with a broom and a hundred keys on his belt.

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Jan 8 at 2023 11:04 PM

2023-01-08T23:04:41-05:00

Machine typesetting for newspapers.
Well, here's a more complete history:
"The handset typesetting era began in 1440 and ended in 1970, and it is still practiced in some quarters (500+ years).
The machine typesetting era began in 1886 and ended in 1976, and it is barely in practice (90 years).
The phototypesetting era began in 1950 and ended around 1990, and it is totally gone (40 years).
The laser imagesetting era began in 1978 and ended in 2008, replaced by direct-to-plate, on- and off-press (30 years).
The digital printing era began in 1976 and the laser CTP era began in 1991."
-Frank Romano, 12/16/2011

https://whattheythink.com/articles/55522-day-typesetting-industry-died/

The day the typesetting industry died

Response by Cpl Vic Burk made Jan 9 at 2023 5:56 AM

2023-01-09T05:56:28-05:00

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen There is still newspaper delivery but most have gone to electronic delivery putting the newspaper delivery boy almost out of business. (I delivered papers for the Chicago Today paper; long gone out of circulation).

Response by LCpl Darrell McGraw made Jan 10 at 2023 8:17 PM

2023-01-10T20:17:28-05:00

Happy 2023