Focus On Side Hustles # 9

The tech landscape. Meet your new career.

music selection: “Just Once” — Quincy Jones

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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