What would you tell someone joining the workforce 20 years from now?

I did an EE degree 20 years ago. The fundamentals have not changed between now and then, and I dont think they changed in the preceding 20 years either (maybe not since the FFT was invented / popularized in the 60s).

I don't mean to say that the realization of the fundamentals hasn't changed, and there is always new stuff to learn. My point is that focusing on learning fundamentals and applying them to the current technology environment is a better strategy than starting out by skipping the fundamentals and going to the application du jour.

So study CS or EE, but don't focus on AI (I work in AI), wait and adapt to where the realization of the tech is in 20 years.

(If you're not asking about tech and about general life choices, learning to be self sufficient through hunting / farming and moving to Alaska would also be a recommendation)

Learn a trade—-we can’t wire a house over the Internet.