Things that are dying…
These are observations I have made since the middle of last year and have been added to in my head since March 2009. I decided last night to finally write them down. I will add to these as a wiki article as time goes on.
Because of the internet (or technology): Newspapers, music biz,
software development (cloud and web based mostly), radio broadcasts (television to come much later),
Because of NAFTA, global trade (imbalances and tariffs):
manufacturing, trucking, shipping, produce, farming, floral, tree
farms, manufacturing (electronic test included),
Because of over building and sub prime lending: real estate, housing, construction,
Because of GM foods and Monsanta: migrancy, family farms, food selection, grocers,
Because of shifts in culture and population centers heading into
cities: automobiles,
Because of emergence of digital over analog: engineers,
mathematicians, higher math,
Because of obsolescence: mainframe, old and legacy technologies
Because of the economy: IT, managers (too many who generalize or not enough who specialized in the “Thing of the Month”(tm) (today and right now)
Because of an aging work force: teenage jobs
Because of mega corporations and large scale mergers: competition and most importantly choice.
Things in demand:
Because of aging: health care workers, insurance industry
Because of world politics: DHS, NSA, CIA, intel analysts, spies, government workers, defense spending (small arms and intelligence more so than munitions or rockets)
Because of complicated B2B relationships: knowledge workers, PMP, PMI, managers and process laden people (as opposed to so much
technologists).
Because of networking emergence: network engineers, installers,
wireless installers, broad band communications tech, cellular techs,
soo… what do you tell a young person what to go for these days?