Jobs of Web 2.0
Fast Company posted a 10 slide piece about jobs that exist in the online world – even though the editor has some slides and text in the wrong order. I thought it was odd that they titled it Jobs of Web 2.0 since these roles are pretty commonplace. Even around in 1998 a lot of companies had the same positions with varying titles. I was designing type, iconography, and interfaces for SonicNet in 1996 and they had someone hacking the social software and developing audience more than trying to trick Google.
The real jobs of the future are going to be how well you interact with people, develop ideas as a team, and make deals. Since most of the jobs are putting people in front of computers, these roles can easily be outsourced. See Daniel Pink’s Whole New Mind to be convinced that these roles will be low-wage roles in booming cities.
I do worry about sending so many jobs outside the U.S. when there are communities of people who need jobs. What would happen if we trained Detroit auto-workers to be a web-hacker/support person? I know some people in Flint, Michigan who would embrace a 24K – 30K salary. With the way the dollar is headed and the rising rates of Indian companies this is what some companies are paying to firms who give a fraction of that to their employees.
Filed under: Differentiation, Positive Change, Poverty , daniel pink, fast comapny, job-shifting, jobs, outsourcing, web 2.0
