10 Rad Jobs of the Future

10 RAD JOBS OF, IOTHE FUTURE Stuck in a dead-end job? Don't sweat it. All you have to do is wait a few years – or a few decades - and you'll have a bunch of new and exciting job opportunities at your fingertips. Start preparing now and get a jump on your friends. BY DAVID WooDs FOR MANOLITH THE NEXT DECADE URBAN FARMER We're going to run out of farmable land pretty soon. Even if we don't, the cost of transporting food to the cities will become prohibitive. Farming on rooftops and in underground bunkers, using advanced hydroponic technology, will become commonplace. ALTERNATIVE REALITY ARCHITECT Widespread use of wearable technology, like Google Glass, is almost upon us. It won't be long before unaugmented reality is boring. We'll need people to research, write and design the virtual augmentations that will soon litter our landscape. PERSONALITY PROGRAMMER As artificial intelligence continues to develop, the nondescript computer voice that seems to be the default (think Siri) will get boring. Offering users the chance to download different Al voices and different personalities could prove very popular. We'll need people to program and test those personalities. ORGAN AGENT Advancements in surgical science will make organ transplants even more commonplace- but finding donors will remain a bottleneck. One solution? People who specialize in finding healthy and willing donors. REMOTE DRONE PILOT Though they're controversial right now, drones have immense potential for the transportation industry. Freight trains, 18-wheelers and even pizza delivery cars could all be piloted from central locations. 2025 AND BEYOND DRONE DISPATCHER As drone technology improves, drones will become largely self-piloting and the need for human pilots will diminish. Instead, a new industry could spring up around drone dispatching. Those with the multi-tasking ability to monitor the activities of a pack of drones could be in high demand. GARBAGE MINER Earth's resources are finite and we could soon find ourselves having to mine our own landfills for precious metals and other minerals that we simply threw in the trash during times of affluence. WEATHER COORDINATOR Meteorology will soon sound like a laughably quaint and ineffectual profession. Soon, we'll develop the ability to influence and, ultimately, control the weather on earth. Rain and snow won't go away forever, but they'll be timed to cause minimal disruption. ORGAN AFARMER Once we develop the ability to grow human organs from scratch, we'll no longer need donors to perform transplant surgeries. Instead, we'll require skilled workers to monitor the sterile environments in which we cultivate hearts, lungs, eyes and more. MEMORY MANIPULATOR Why spend hundreds of dollars on a trip to Disney World when you can pay someone to implant the memories of the trip in your brain? And why stop at things you could do in real life - why not pay for a fond memory of that time you caught the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl? MANOLITH www.manolith.com INSPIRED BY: http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2011/11/55-jobs-of-the-future/