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In reply to the discussion: About college majors. A lot of people blame students for choosing impractical majors [View all]riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Imagine describing some of todays hot jobs to someone in 1991.
Its called an app developer. You create helpful programs and games for people to use on their mobile phones.
Its a computer forensics specialist. Its like a forensics expert for regular crime, but they investigate crimes committed on the internet and computer systems.
These concepts would have been nearly impossible to understand 20 years ago. As technology advances at a galloping pace, the exciting jobs of 2020 are probably equally difficult for us to wrap our minds around today. Thomas Frey, executive director and senior futurist at the DaVinci Institute, wrote a very interesting article about what these jobs might look like. His research indicates that 60 percent of the jobs available 10 years from now havent been invented yet.
http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/fifty-five-jobs-of-the-future/