Code Collar 2030: Race or Be Replaced

Inspired by renowned thinkers such as Joseph Schumpeter, J.M Keynes, and Peter Drucker, Code Collar 2030 gives a broad overview into four key themes.

While numerous books have been written on this topic, they have been so from an American lens, few, if any, capture the unique dynamics, values, and challenges faced by knowledge workers in the Nordic region. This book is a personal journey through how AI could reshape the world of knowledge worker by 2030-told from a distinctly Nordic perspective.

"Why did I do that?" It's a question we all ask ourselves. But what happens when the machines asking that question are doing our jobs?

I'm not an expert on AI or the future of work. I'm just a knowledge worker who's spent the last few years trying to figure out what's happening to all of us. As a project manager watching AI gradually take over tasks I used to do manually, I started asking uncomfortable questions: Where are we heading? What does it mean to have work when AI becomes this powerful?

This book is my attempt to make sense of it all. In Norway, AI already helps manage our $1.9 trillion oil fund. Law firms are using ChatGPT to draft contracts. Real estate agents are competing with algorithms that value homes in seconds. And most of us are just... figuring it out as we go.

What I discovered while researching:

• My software engineer friend Espen worries he's losing the joy of problem-solving
• Norwegian bureaucrats accidentally used AI sources that didn't exist
• Generation Z is avoiding IT degrees because they see the writing on the wall
• We might need to completely rethink democracy itself

Singh wrote this book because he couldn't find anyone else asking the questions that kept him up at night. Maybe you're asking them too.

This book offers valuable insights for experienced professionals and newcomers alike. Whether you're a seasoned lawyer, project leader, middle manager, politician, real estate agent, fund manager, software engineer, a young graduate entering the workforce-or simply a curious mind-Code Collar 2030 is a must read

Victor Singh is a knowledge worker trying to figure out where we're all heading. As a project manager with two decades of experience, he's watched technology gradually reshape his daily work-and started wondering what that means for everyone else.

Born in Norway with Indian roots, Singh spent countless hours researching, interviewing colleagues, and books trying to understand what's really happening to knowledge work in 2025.

His first book, Unleashing AI from 2023, began as an attempt to make sense of conversations with confused coworkers. When he's not researching the future of work, you'll find him hosting the "Open Mind Lounge" podcast or trying to explain to his wife why he spent another evening down an AI research rabbit hole.

He lives in Oslo with his wife, who reminds him that being human is still pretty valuable.

Foreword by Maxim Salnikov, Microsoft Western Europe

Afterword by Eirik Norman Hansen, renowed Norwegian futurist, speaker, author and entrepenur.