Future of ficc trading?

I've landed a ft role as a trader in one of the BBs in ldn and i really enjoyed the internship too!

But lately I've been quite worried that the industry's going to be automated very soon or the compensation will become quite low. Please shed some light on this.

Thanks


 

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