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Anonymous
| My DS is in high school. I really feel underqualified to suggest certain career paths. He is an AB student but could be A plus if he put out a little effort. I'm sure he will be accepted by a decent college. But what should one study to be prepared for the market of the future? I'd love to have insight from the Forum. |
Anonymous
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Learn to think critically and to communicate (speak well and write well).
They say the half-life of an software engineer's knowledge is something like 3 years -- so every 3 years half her knowledge becomes obsolete. Don't focus on topics, focus on skills (which might be programming, but don't expect the programming languages to be the same in 10 years as they are now). |
Anonymous
| There's supposed to be a Nursing shortage. |
Anonymous
| Health, energy, technology. Also, automotive mechanic. Agree with 20:58 regarding communication skills and critical thinking. |
Anonymous
| petroleum engineers. high demand and high starting salaries, and they don't have to graduate from a top 25 school to get these jobs. |
Anonymous
video game designers 
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Anonymous
| We are thinking along those lines as well. I'm not so concerned with our kids getting into a top college, as one with a program that will lead to a job after graduation. |
Anonymous
I'm hoping that this particular profession will be phased out, soon! |
Anonymous
| A lot of white collar jobs, including engineering jobs, can be outsourced. So something that cannot be outsourced. Perhaps something in security such as encryption. |
Anonymous
| I'm a college career director here in town. I would worry less about a particular title than I would that your child develop the best skills possible. All the employer surveys we do say the employers are looking for people in all fields...but especially want people with good oral and written communication skills. They say too many college graduates have inadequate communications skills. |
Anonymous
This makes sense to me. Also, he needs some time to figure out what he loves to do, rather than focusing on some career that may or may not be hot in the future. I was just remarking on a facebook friend from high school who ended up a professor in a really unexpected field, something he probably wasn't dreaming of at 15. The important thing was that he ended up in a college where he could explore his options and figure out his interests. |
Anonymous
| Medical billing. |
Anonymous
| Well, you know what they say about death and taxes. So funeral business or IRS jobs. |
Anonymous
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In the future, there will be many jobs in the "cleaning miscellaneous stains off i-touch screens" industry.
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Anonymous
| In the U.S. there won't be any jobs! |