The tech landscape. Meet your new career.
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A review of five big tech trends and the new economic roles they will create.
New Industry # 1 – Big Data
Hot job trend – Data Scientist
Salary range – 116,000 to 163,500
Growth projection – 28% by 2020 to 364,000 openings
Skill sets:
- Programming languages
- Familiarity with different types of data
- Statistics and probability
- Coding
- Communicating complex ideas clearly
Other job titles in Big Data: Data analyst, database administrator, data architect, data manager, big data engineer, market research analyst, computer systems analyst, web developer.
New Industry # 2 – Internet of Things
Hot job trend – Software developer
Salary range – 98,000 to 105,500
Growth projection – 19% per year through 2024
Skill sets:
- Programming languages
- Coding
- Development software such as C + +
- Object oriented design
- Creative thinking
- Attention to detail
Other job titles in Internet of Things: Chief IoT Officer, IoT business designer, fuller stack development, lead I0T engineer
New Industry # 3 – Virtual Reality
Hot job trend – User experience/interface designer/developer
Salary range – 85,000 to 111,000
Growth projection – 19% per year through 2025
Skill sets:
- Visual design
- Human centered design
- Responsive web design
- Front end development languages
- Programming languages
- Adobe creative suite
Other job titles in Virtual Reality: VR developer, web developer, software engineer, graphic designer, 3D visual artist
New Industry #4 – Robots and AI
Hot job trend – Machine learning engineer
Salary range – National average is already 114,000
Growth projection – 11% through 2024
Skill sets:
- Software engineering
- Data fields like physics and statistics
- Data modeling
- Coding and programming, including open source
- Curiousity
- Problem solving and creative thinking
Other job titles in Robots And AI: robotics engineer, software development, data scientist
New Industry #5 – Cybersecurity
Hot job trend – Data security analyst
Salary range – about 92,000
Growth projection – 18% a year for the foreseeable future
Skill sets:
- Understanding of leading cybersecurity software
- Communication and training skills
- Ability to identify network weaknesses and repair them
- Forensics
- Programming
- System analysis
Other job titles in Cybersecurity: Computer research scientist, data analyst, information systems manager, computer network architect, database administrator.
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