For many years, the rule of thumb was that working hard will guarantee some level of success. But according to Wall Street veteran Jamie Dimon, for the generations now entering the workforce hard graft alone won’t cut it. In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence successful individuals will have to be armed with the tools needed in specific sectors.

“When you graduate, whether it’s high school, or community college, or college, you need the skills to get the job,” Dimon said in a recent interview with CNN . “It’s not enough anymore to say ‘I can work hard.’ In the old days, you could be in 10th grade, go get a factory in Detroit, and eventually you could afford a family, a home, a car, and that may not be true anymore.”

Dimon’s words will resonate with many. Even in the

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