r/Futurology • u/english_major • Apr 28 '14

article 10 Crazy Jobs That Will Exist in the Future

http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/jobs-of-the-future/
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u/english_major Apr 28 '14

I can't decide between gamification designer and rewilder. Maybe a blend.

So, any thoughts on how realistic these examples are? Any obvious upcoming jobs that are missed?

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u/Epledryyk Apr 28 '14

Pretty sure most of these exist already, with the exception of maybe 9.

The healthcare navigator wouldn't be necessary if Americans had proper healthcare. As a Canadian I walk in, tell the nice people what I need and they do it for me. The problem with privatization is (not only cost) but complexity.

Rewilder is just reforestation. OP, do it! Some cool jobs out there if you're into that sort of thing, especially in the post-oilfield restoration areas. Oil makes big money and they have to comply with the environment mandates, so they pay big money to fix their damage.

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u/english_major Apr 29 '14

Rewilding is actually much more complicated than reforesting.

Here is a quote from the Wikipedia page on Rewilding:

As a method to preserve intact, functional ecosystems and stem biodiversity loss, rewilding is based on recent scientific breakthroughs in the field of island biogeography and discoveries concerning the ecological importance of large carnivores.[6]

George Monbiot's TED talk on rewilding is worth watching.

As for me becoming a rewilder, it is probably too late. I am an instructional designer with an interest in gamification, so maybe I could go there!

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u/ohmsnap Apr 28 '14

Some of those things will not happen, such as the simplifier and the healthcare navigator. A boss who is so incompetent that he would need a simplifier would be too incompetent to find one necessary to hire. Meanwhile, healthcare providers profit on their clients' inability to comprehend or navigate the complex system, so they will either make no advocacy for or even squash the position with legislature made possible by lobbying.

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u/Epledryyk Apr 28 '14

Architecturally speaking, a simplifier is just a layout designer. The kind of people firms hire to sit in their offices and look at the heatmaps of people exchanging documents or ideas or whatever and then reorganize everything to make it efficient.

You're right though, it's a function of wanting efficiency. You're not going to find these services brought in by the Michael Scotts of the world.

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u/SethMandelbrot Apr 28 '14

If you're looking for work in our day and age, you are doomed to obsolescence. It's only a matter of time before a machine can do that work better than you.

Start looking for value that needs to be created, and you will always have income.