"But LinkedIn's CEO says that's "outdated," considering the state of today's job market. "You'll hear people frequently say, 'Hey, you have to have a five-year plan, like, chart out what the next five years of your life are going to look like, and then follow that path and follow that plan," Ryan Roslansky said during a recent No One Knows What They're Doing podcast episode."
"Because technology is changing the workplace at such a rapid pace, Roslansky suggested professionals make shorter-term career goals instead of focusing on years down the road. "I would much recommend people focus on maybe the next few months and a couple of things that aren't a plan, but [rather] what do you want to learn? What type of experiences do you want to get? That's, I think, the right mental model in this environment," he said."
Rapid technological change, particularly AI, combined with pandemic-era disruptions, policy shifts, layoffs, tariffs, and inflation, has made long-range five-year career plans increasingly impractical. Workers face fast-moving labor-market shifts that can render skills obsolete; the World Economic Forum projects roughly 39% of core skills will be transformed or become obsolete by 2030. Shorter-term goal-setting focused on the next few months, targeted learning objectives, and specific experience-building enables greater agility and preserves career relevance. Prioritizing what to learn and which experiences to pursue helps professionals adapt to evolving roles, while some experts still defend longer-term planning approaches.
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