Eight jobs for the future
DirkN
future and if you start studying today you might want to check some of
these routes. Many are not new but they will grow in number and scope.
Designer: design is taking over and is becoming a key fetaure of many
products and services. This reaches from web to interior design.
Engineer: Engineering will stay a key role in today's world, from
electronics via robotics to hybrid design of fusing new technologies.
Web developper: Web 2.0 is the new hype and what will be web 3.0, no
one knows but it certainly will need people to come up with new ideas.
The programming won't be the key issue but how to design it (see 1).
User content manager: the i generation is taking over, media corps
have to fuse user content into thier output, how to manage this is
somehting for a new kind of marketing.
Data security officer: The government certainly needs one, as
collecting data becomes cheaper, somebody needs to take care of the
details.
AI developper: the notion of articifical intelligence has been around
for a while, but only our new gadgets come close to the AI paradigm.
again it is about design and development, rather than the execution.
Climatologist: Going green is the new fashion, the climate is a
constant theme and scientist receive huge funding for stuyding the
climate.
BPO consultant: business process outsourcing is nowhere near its
capacity, as the West struggles the East will catch up, and someone
needs to sort it out.