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\n\tAt the time it was aired, who would have thought that the flying cars once mooted on Tomorrow\u2019s World would be a highlight of CES 2019<\/a>? In fact, many of the series\u2019 predictions – a transport tunnel underneath the Channel, touchscreens, chip and PIN – seemed incredibly far-fetched and never likely to happen.<\/p>\n \n\tBut that\u2019s the evolution of technology for you. And with that in mind, we believe that there are jobs around today that will be virtually non-existent in 2024 – and similarly, there will be jobs that don\u2019t exist now that will be crucial down the line. Here are five roles to keep an eye out for – while they might seem unlikely now, have another read of this piece in a decade or two\u2019s time and see if you still think the same…<\/p>\n \n\tGene therapy for cancer<\/a>, the use of AR in surgery<\/a>, the development of 3D printed organs<\/a>…biotechnology has come a long way in the last decade or so. It\u2019s unsurprising, therefore, that the global biotech sector is set to be worth US $727.1bn<\/a> by 2025 as industry developments continue.<\/p>\n \n\tBut if biotech research – or information about individual patients – falls into the wrong hands, the consequences could be devastating: individual records could be manipulated, and research could even be engineered to develop bioweapons.<\/p>\n \n\tData clearly needs to be kept secure. We\u2019re already seeing candidates enter the cybersecurity field from other sectors – and we expect to see established bioscientists looking for a career change focus on the security aspect of their sector, too.<\/p>\n \n\tBiotech isn\u2019t the only cross-discipline field where we\u2019re expecting IT jobs to emerge over the next few years. \u201cThe study and application of extremely small things\u201d<\/a>, nanotechnology is growing by a five-year CAGR of 18.2%<\/a>, with a predicted market value of $90.5bn by 2021.<\/p>\n \n\tNanotech spans a range of industries, with many current workers in the field coming from a science or engineering background. It\u2019s generally the scientists who come up with the research requirements and objectives, but more often than not, these will need to be converted into software to achieve scientific goals. And that\u2019s where skilled IT professionals will come in.<\/p>\n \n\tAI is already being used to power avatars that are increasingly life-like: AR startup Magic Leap\u2019s Mica<\/a> even smiles, yawns and makes eye contact.<\/p>\n \n\tBut things may be about to get even more complex. Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts<\/a> that in around a decade\u2019s time, \u201cthe AIs will be able to create avatars that will seem very close to a human who actually lived\u201d. By sending nanobots into the brains of the living, we\u2019ll be able to extract memories of loved ones who have passed away, using these memories to create incredibly realistic representations of those people in either AR or a virtual environment.<\/p>\n \n\tIn order for that to happen, we\u2019ll need developers who can sift through those memories and create avatars to bring people closer to their deceased loved ones.<\/p>\n \n\tLast year brought us the news that Uber has launched a new Paris research centre<\/a> for flying taxis – while already this year, we\u2019ve seen airborne automobiles take centre stage at the Consumer Electronics Show<\/a>. Guy Kaplinsky, co-founder of NFT Inc., expects to have such a vehicle to demonstrate in 2020, using smartphone mapping paired with a cloud-based navigation centre, which will both direct drivers to take-off points and communicate with the in-car autopilot.<\/p>\n \n\t“We are spending our time on the technology side and will partner with companies on assembly\u201d, says Kaplinsky, with NFT Inc. devising both hardware and software to make these dreams a reality. We predict that more and more startups will look to launch around a similar time, meaning plenty of opportunities for IT experts to get involved.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSmart dust\u201d may sound like a concept from a sci-fi film, but microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)<\/a> – or motes – are already very much real. These tiny wireless devices are smaller than a grain of salt and pack computing, sensing, wireless comms and their own power supply into a tiny device just millimetres in size.<\/p>\n \n\tPotential applications include security monitoring of people, diagnostic procedures in healthcare, monitoring of crops and monitoring equipment to establish maintenance requirements, to name but a few. Essentially the world\u2019s tiniest computers, their newness and their broad array of applications means the demand for IT support will be high.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom smaller technological devices than we\u2019ve ever known before to self-driving flying cars, there\u2019s potential for a huge array of new IT roles to emerge in the future. There\u2019s a bright, bold and innovative future ahead for those in the IT industry – and we\u2019re excited to be a part of it.<\/p>\n \n\tSome of these roles may be a few years from becoming reality – so in the meantime, take a look at our jobs page<\/a> to find your next IT role.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the time it was aired, who would have thought that the flying cars once mooted on Tomorrow\u2019s World would be a highlight of CES 2019? In fact, many of the series\u2019 predictions – a transport tunnel underneath the Channel, touchscreens, chip and PIN – seemed incredibly far-fetched and never likely to happen. 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\n\t“AIs will be able to create avatars that will seem very close to a human who actually lived\u201d.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n\tFlying Autonomous Vehicle Programmer<\/h2>\n
\n\tSmart Dust Support Engineer<\/h2>\n