For young people who are concerned about the so called jobless future, this presentation aims to reduce some of that stress by suggesting areas where your knowledge and skills can help you carve out a sustainable future for yourself within today's tech world.

2. The
New Avant-Garde
Opportunities for Young People in the Jobless Future.

3. “The central question of 2025 will be: What are people for
in a world that does not need their labour, and where only a
minority are needed to guide the ‘bot-based’ economy?”
—Stowe Boyd

4. 8. The Open World.
7. The Creatives.
6. The Builders and Contractors.
4. The New Avant-Garde.
5. The Architects.
3. The Speculation.
2. The Observation.
1. The Purpose.
9. Where Do You See Yourself?
10. Trending Now.
11. Resources.
12. Books.
Contents.

5. The Purpose.

6. For young people who are
concerned about the so called
jobless future, this presentation
aims to reduce some of that stress
by highlighting areas where your
knowledge and skills can help you
carve out a sustainable future for
yourself within today's tech world.

7. The Observation.

8. More and more people are
using digital devices and seem
to be more intrigued by photo
and video images.

9. While a small amount of people continue
to watch television, read printed material
and listen to radio, most people now use
other alternatives to get their information.
These alternative sources are in the cloud.
The cloud is simply a network of remote
servers that are connected to the Internet.

10. The Speculation.

11. The sale of camera-equipped
mobile-communication devices
like smart-phones and tablets
has rapidly increased over the
last few years and continue to
show strong signs of growth.

12. This means that information communicated to
the public via television, print, and radio, will
now be communicated digitally, in an audio-
visual format that can entice, capture and
retain the viewer's attention.
Therefore, the information-technology and
mobile-telecommunications industry will
continue to grow as more and more people
will require equipment and technology that
can read, store, and share audio-visual sets of
information, alongside short text messages.

13. The New Avant-Garde.

14. In 1825, the Avant-Garde
consisted of the artists, the
scientists, and the industrialists.
These people were given the
task of presenting the new
industrial world to the masses.

15. Today, the Avant-Garde still
exist, but I prefer to call them
the artists, the technologists,
and the venture capitalists.

16. As the artists and technologists unveil the new tech
world, the venture capitalists and angel investors
invest more and more capital in mobile, digital-tech
and social enterprises.
This means that creative and tech-savvy professionals
will dominate the labour market as businesses become
more digital and more dependent on mobile and social
media. Web designers and developers amongst others,
are currently in high demand as the world needs more
information architects.
Information merchants (analysts, editors, researchers)
who can sift through a variety of sources to find,
organise, and deliver meaningful content within a
simple framework that people can easily understand,
will find that they are the top influencers within this
new cloud-based world. Think niche!

17. The Architects.

18. People and firms that specialise in
the design and development of
cloud infrastructures that will allow
people to access, store, and share
information will reap huge rewards
from this digital revolution.

19. Firms who design and develop software (applications)
and hardware (equipment) for the creation, storage,
and transfer of audio-visual sets of information will be
rightly poised to take advantage.
Those that can gather, analyse, and interpret the
surplus stream of data from apps and devices will do
tremendously well as big-data analysts.
Even the real-estate industry has much to gain as more
and more spaces will be required to accommodate the
many servers of huge digital firms.

20. The Builders and Contractors.

21. Manufacturers, suppliers, and
distributors of digital hardware
will be much sought after.

22. Suppliers and distributors of the building materials and
components required to make such products will be well
rewarded.
As new technology gradually makes print obsolete, the
benefits to the environment will be obvious, but the flooding
of the market with digital gadgets will pose a new threat.
Therefore, firms who will position themselves as recyclers of
used digital devices will have much to exploit. 3D printing
will offer new ways of manufacturing goods.
Support services like information security, infrastructure
maintenance, and product repair will also prove lucrative.

23. The Creatives.

24. In today's media obsessed world,
creative professionals publish huge
amounts of music, photos, books,
and videos for the Internet.

25. Consequently, influential content creators have become
indispensable to marketers and advertisers.
Therefore, creative industries like the arts, entertainment,
and fashion will thrive as more businesses will need
artistic help in making their products and services more
appealing to the audio-visual public.
Those who position themselves to be the creative backend
of this surplus multimedia will be inundated with work.
People and firms that will start-up studios for audio-visual
productions, photography, and graphic design, will be
much sought after by independent content creators.

26. The Open World.

27. As the world moves towards being
more inclusive and transparent,
open systems and crowd initiatives
will become more commonplace.

28. People will have the power and the tools to pool their
talent and resources.
Professionals with shared interests will band together in
niches and form companies where they can openly
exchange ideas and co-create.
Angel investors will also band together and become
venture capitalists that fund a wide variety of businesses.
Open-systems will allow the users of a company's product
to create and sell new products powered by the company's
infrastructure.
Simply put, companies will be more open to accepting the
innovative and sustainable ideas of the people that
actually make use of their products and services.

29. Where Do You See Yourself?

30. The Cloud, Mobile, and Social have all had a profound
effect on banking, commerce, enterprise, and the media.
In the same way, they are now driving change within
education by providing cloud-based platforms and
software that allow students and teachers to communicate
clearer and faster. This trend will extend further into
health, construction, and transportation.
All these industries represent opportunities for young
people to get involved with and forge good careers for
themselves. Recent government support for the expansion
of tech-initiatives in the United Kingdom is a sure sign of
where things are headed.

31. So where do you see yourself?
Are you the artist, the technologist, or
the venture capitalist?
Whichever suits you best, try not to
worry too much about the jobless
future. You are the new advance
guards!

32. Find your passion, find your feet,
and find a way to make ends meet.
—Efe Nakpodia

33. Trending Now.

34. Location Based Services.
Mobile Payments.
Electric Driverless Cars.
Sense Technology.
Near Field Communication.
Drones.
AI Machine Learning.

35. Resources.

37. Books.

39. An Efe Nakpodia
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Bankboy London.
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