Hey Logan, Wendel, and Qain.
Got a question: With more of everyday life moving towards a digital interface (iPads, blogging, video conferencing, etc.) what careers do you think will become more highly valued than they are now in the next two, five, ten, and twenty years? E.G. more server maintenance engineers to keep the internet flowing as millions more devices use more bandwidth.
More importantly, what careers will fade away as dependence on technology in everyday life increases?
If you mean what careers will be very valuable idk, really have to watch out for automation and robots, maybe project management with a degree in something else. I think you have to focus on having multiple skills now, in my university everyone I asked is doing a double major. Obviously knowing about two related fields is more valuable to your employer and allows you to apply for a wider range of jobs.
I think you want to avoid things that are really easy to do (therefore easy to find people to do them, or get machines to automate them), then I guess things that can be easily outsourced. You got to think what is really valuable to employeers, what are the things I need to learn to be as valuable as I can. Because remuneration is ultimately linked into the value your labour provides to the company.
Also you probably won't want to be tied down to the same job for the rest of your life, you have to think about what you want to do, do you want to start your own buisiness, work as a free lancer contractor or work in a company? You need to think about waht skills you need for that, and how you are going to enhance your career progression, make your labour more valuable and move-up.
Networking both static and mobile, probably going to keep growing for a fair amount of time as the devices become more widespread. Stuff like 4g is still just starting to become widespread and obv will need to be updated/maintained as more and more devices start to use it.
Although i would really focus on getting hands on experience is these sectors more than the piece of paper, im not sure how it is where you are but i can certainly state for the UK market having a year or two actually working hands on in the industry hold more value to employers than a 2-3 year course or whatever.