21 more jobs of the Future

21 Jobs of the Future

1. Data trash engineer: A compliance officer dealing with stale data before it becomes costly and riskIn 2018, Cognizant made a splash when they imagined job advertisements for the coming generation of jobs - complete with pre-requisites and job descriptions. They have been at it again - time to look at the jobs and ask yourself: Would that excite me? How do I get there? Would I even like to live in a future like that?y to keep - and selecting what really needs to be kept.

2. Cyber attack agent: Government-backed hackers working with military and intelligence services to attack states and organizations. Sounds cynical, but is very real already.

3. Juvenile cybercrime rehabilitation counselor: If you become a cyber attack agent without state blessing in your teens, this professional may deal with your rehabilitation. And, who knows, might land you an official job.

4. Voice UX designer: Measure, diagnose and improve voice assistants. With script writers and developers, give the assistants personality.

5. Joy Adjutant: Help people get rid of stuff and lead better lives, KonMari style.

6. Head of business behaviour: Guide your organization to be a better citizen. Employee experience, cross-company collaboration, smart workplace success and employee satisfaction must be managed using data science and psychology while respecting privacy.

7. Smart home design manager: Smart homes are here to stay and getting smarter. But all that infrastructure needs to be managed, especially for offices and venues.

8. Algorithm bias auditor: As AI becomes more prevalent in daily life, bias becomes more damaging and needs to be audited. Loans, policing, jail sentences and much more should be free of bias, a difficult and permanent task calling for professionals.

9. Uni4Life coordinator: Lifelong learning must move from buzzword to reality - matching people's abilities, preferences with technology and market demands.

10. Cyber calamity forecaster: Insurers, policy makers and think tanks may need statisticians and forensics professionals to understand and plan for cyber threats and their implications.

11. Esports arena builder: Esports are overtaking traditional sports in audience, reach and sponsorship - crowding in soccer stadiums or in one will no longer do.

12. Tidewater architect: Deal with environments changed by global warming.

13. Virtual identity defender: Your Google and Facebook accounts are already more important than your passport, at least for day-to-day activities. Extrapolate 10-15 years into the future and you will need help dealing with threats for businesses and private persons.

14. Head of machine personality design: Interfaces will have ever more of a personality - branding, sociology, philosophy, process design and machine learning will enable companies to differentiate their products.

15. Virtual reality arcade manager: VR will become more important and kit more sophisticated (and more expensive). Those VR arcades (and theme parks and installations) will require management.

16. Vertical farm consultant: Vertical farming may provide food grown close to where you live. Switching to it will require people qualified in agriculture, storage and IT systems.

17. Machine risk officer: Develops trust mechanisms, trains and empowers employees to use AI tools in efficient and ethical ways.

18. Subscription management specialist: As more goods and services become subscriptions, companies will look for managing subscriptions effectively, using a blend of old and new tools: conversion, churn, retention, customer journeys.

19. Flying car developer: Jetsons all the way!

20. Haptic interface designer: Voice interfaces can sound nicer, but touch interfaces need to be designed as well: Do things feel smooth? Classy? Weighty? Clicky? Do products feel like a brand wants to be felt?

21. Chief purpose planner: Will "purpose" become a new battleground for marketing and talent attraction? It may - and you'll want a professional to see that it gets understood, implemented, lived and communicated.