Future proof careers: Crystal Gazing into the A to Z of the future of Tech Jobs of 2030

At Economic Times, a few months back, we tried to analyse the future of technology jobs in 2030. The assumption is that technology would still remain the key driver for work and jobs and new ways of creating technology, working with technology and working for technology would emerge.

The entire report is available for download

here.

In this short extract from the report, we delve into the kinds of jobs and skill sets that will be critical, especially for work dealing with technology.

Think of a job interview, sometime in 2030. The interviewer is AI, of course. And the meeting is taking place in Metaverse. What would make the interviewee make the cut?

Here’s our attempt at decoding the A to Z of such future-facing technology jobs:

A: Algorithm builders: The ones armed with the knowledge of coding, data science, and design, who will be writing the algorithms on which work and businesses will run. The algorithm creators will be at the invisible wheel of all things digital.

B: Behavioural scientists: They will understand human behaviour and how we react. They will decode the intent-action gap into nudges that help us walk through the digital pathways.

C: Code of counsellors: From careers to life, counsellors armed with data intelligence now know how to guide people to take the right decisions.

D: Data artists: The ones who can not only crack the data code but also visualise it creatively and build the best insights.

E: Ethics experts: The conscience keepers of algorithms and their creators. The ethics experts help identify and remove biases that may creep in when algorithms take the driving seat.

F: Fraud modellers: With more transactions going digital, frauds get more sophisticated. The fraud modellers know the right ways to identify patterns.

G: Green mobilisers (EV): Environment is at the core of their mobility innovations and creations.

H: Health-robos: With more people needing care at home across age groups, especially senior citizens, health-robos can seamlessly use technology to understand health patterns and then provide the care required.

I: Intelligent investors: Not that they weren’t there earlier. But their intelligence is now augmented with quantitative models that help remove the biases in decision-making.

J: Jill of all trades: She experiments with different things. One job is not enough for her. She may be a YouTuber today and a freelancer tomorrow. She wears many more hats, with ease. Technology is her key enabler.

K: Knowledge archivists: With the exploding growth of digital knowledge, they are the librarians of the future, curating knowledge just the right way for discovery.

L: Launch strategists: Company product launches are now mega events. With data flowing in from multiple sources, the launch strategists know how to digest it all and make the launch sing.

M: Metaverse specialists: If metaverse is real, the metaverse specialists are the navigators of that world, helping us figure out what works when.

N: Net neturalisers: They ensure that the Internet stays true to its original purpose of bridging the access divide.

O: Optimisers: They are the reason why the networks run and the applications load fast. They know how to optimise at blitzscale.

P: Privacy advocates: With personal data more at risk than ever, privacy advocates fight emerging legal battles and help people safeguard their information.

Q: Quantum analysts: They research quantum mechanics and bring to life everyday quantum applications.

R: Robotics experts: From surgery to flying, robotics experts are able to bring intelligence to various mechanised disciplines.

S: Space researchers: The research is no longer on when we can go to space. That’s a given. It’s about where we can go in space and about making space- travel affordable.

T: Teacher-creators: They are the best teachers that students flock to, armed with their huge following on social media and their unique teaching strategies.

U: Urban strategists: Cities of the future need government services that are as easy as any delivery service. The urban strategists help design the city and the digitised government service that every citizen needs.

V: Vocal strategists (podcast): With podcasts mushrooming more, the vocal strategists know how to plan for the break-out podcast, analyse data, voice quality, tonality, and many other characteristics.

W: Word watchers ft. GPT-3: They write with code. And they know how to work with technologies like GPT-3.

X: XR — Extended reality: From education to fashion, extended-reality workers help people build real-world-like experiences.

Y: Youtubers: Our guess? They still exist. They have the data to understand their audience. And the best ones are now influencers in their own right — entertaining, educating, and informing us.

Z: Zen workers: They have it all figured. The work. The life. The learning. The balance.

Whether the interviewee gets selected by the machine or not, the work on skilling for such future-facing or future-proof jobs is already starting.