What should one do to avoid losing one's job to artificial intelligence? Career advice from Wall Street

Wall Street’s junior managers say entry-level finance careers are shifting as AI takes over routine tasks, with analytical thinking, sound decision-making and strong relationship-building now carrying more weight in the first years of a career. The emphasis is moving away from execution-heavy work toward judgment and interpersonal skills as the qualities that protect young professionals from being displaced. The article offers no specific figures, company names or deal sizes, and cites no individual executives or regulators by name. What to watch next is how banks and asset managers rewrite junior hiring, training and promotion criteria to reward those skills.