Whilst doing some grocery shopping last night I was listening to the internal shops radio and they had a news report where someone was being interviewed about what youngsters should be looking at career wise. So much has changed over the last 10 years with AI anyone looking at studying needs to be paying attention.
In SA the biggest problem is a lack of skills and basic education making the masses unemployable in the future. Where the world is heading offers very little or no hope for so many.
I know so many people that went to university and today they do not even use their degrees and are in a total different field. A high percentage of those changes would have been forced out of a dislike or lack of interest of what they were doing and others would have seen opportunities. Just because you study and specialize in a particular subject doesn't mean you are going to be doing that for life and the chances are you won't be.
I was reading an article about entrepreneurs last week and a successful head of an investment fund said that most people will pivot 3 times in their working careers. In most cases extra study will be required and with each new role they are bringing something extra from their previous experiences. A close friend of mine is seriously wealthy owning a successful business, but he started out as a school teacher. He enjoyed the teaching part, but it was never going to pay the bills and why he changed careers.
When I started out working it was frowned upon to jump from job to job and I noticed a change in mindset in the mid 90's when recruitment agencies questioned a lack of movement. This can be seen both ways and my thought was that those individuals were not necessarily good at what they were doing and were going to be found out. The other side is if you are not looking then the recruitment agencies do not have loads of candidates. If you are good at what you do in most cases you will be promoted or head hunted.
A little digressing from the topic, but it is interesting to see how the thought process changes over time and how employees are so willing to adapt and change chasing the buck. I still know companies that will not employ someone who has worked for 2 different companies within a 5 year period and I tend to agree with this sentiment. This so called specialist on the radio mentioned AI and the impact it will play forcing people to think differently about their careers.
I do think the above list is rather obvious as all the jobs on the right can be replaced instantly.
She mentioned blockchains and data analysts as being one area of massive growth and open to all ages. Digital content creators and cyber security were other areas mentioned and for all of us wo have been busy working on a block chain for years it does seem rather obvious where the future is heading. You wonder how many of these people discussing these roles actually know what they are even talking about. Have they even used a blockchain because I would bet money they have not.
I am sure many people within our HIVE community are well qualified for most roles in the future from what they do daily. Whether it is developing or gathering data for an article they are writing or just understanding how a blockchain operates. Most people on HIVE are self taught and just by having an interest in what you are doing you are continuously learning adding new skills. You start to realize how ahead of the curve we really are wen what we do on a regular basis is being discussed as future career prospects.
