VR, AR, MR have been used for marketing purposes for several years now. Developers send clients to their future apartments, automakers arrange a virtual test drive. Back in 2014, Timberland offered customers to try on the latest collections without entering the store, on an AR screen.

And at the beginning of 2016, in the Swedish McDonalds, every Happy Meal owner could make VR glasses without looking up from a cheeseburger.

Today, technologies that are unrealistic in every sense penetrate into every home. In 2016, almost 7,000,000 people became owners of VR gadgets. Experts predict that by 2020, the annual number of VR software installations will reach 37,000,000 worldwide.

We will come home from work, put on a helmet and go anywhere in the world. Fight aliens in your own apartment. Walk with a virtual dog. But no matter what reality we run into, advertising will haunt us all the time. Marketers are already working on it.

So, we present you the TOP 5 prestigious and highly paid marketing professions of the future.

5 unrealistic professions, or What professions will be in demand in the future?

Who it

This is a project manager, director. The VR editor makes sure that the picture goes strictly according to the plot, and the music matches it. He can correct almost everything himself, as he has production skills. Responsible for the timely delivery of a quality product to post-production.

What can

Edits scripts and scripts, audio, video and design in professional programs (like Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects). The most important skill is mastering - correcting the sound and picture of the final version of the product.

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Today, there are approximately 1,400 current vacancies for a VR editor on LinkedIn. Mostly from creative agencies and production companies. There are few job openings, because now it is probably one of the easiest professions to learn. Companies are cultivating VR editors from available talent.

Who it

Member of the AR team. A techie with the potential of an artist with absolutely no boundaries in his head - in every sense.

What can

Fluent in all Adobe Creative Suite tools, models in 3D Studio and Cinema 4D. He thinks in volumetric objects and visualizes them aesthetically.

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An ABI study showed that the AR market will reach $100,000,000,000 by 2020. The market has a huge audience of mobile device users and an even larger and solvent one - the medical and industrial sectors. And for an AR designer, the minimum bid on Indeed.com is $60,000.

Who it

A wizard capable of creating real reality from digital codes and adding virtual elements to it. Fantastic artist. He knows everything about 3D technologies and can make a significant contribution to the development of science.

What can

Draws and designs with Adobe Creative Suite. Master of 3D modeling, UX professional. How the work of an MR designer will look like, shown in Windows:

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This is the most unpopular (but no less interesting) profession from our selection. But only due to the fact that technologies based on mixed reality are now the most expensive. The inventors of HoloLens - Microsoft specialists - are expanding the team. So far, their product only finds a response in the B2B segment. However, Microsoft plans to introduce holographic reality into all areas of human life: from education to entertainment.

Who it

A top-level programmer, a person capable of disassembling each system into algorithms. The importance of this profession is inestimable. An ML engineer speaks in code, and machines understand it. Develops algorithms based on machine learning and neural networks. Mathematician, statistician and physicist rolled into one.

What can

He is fluent in Java, C/C++, Python, has knowledge in such areas as Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Data Mining.

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Today, about 13,000 vacancies are posted on various HR aggregators. The profession is more than in demand. Apple, Google, Oculus, Amazon, and other global corporations are looking for ML engineers on Indeed.com.

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Who it

An alien capable of holding a conversation between a refrigerator and a microwave. And not just support, but really set the tone! Dreamer and dreamer with a good dose of commercialism. An inventor who knows how and by what means to combine devices, for whom and how it will work.

What can

Always up to date with IoT trends. Not only understands innovations, but also knows all technological trendsetters (innovators) by name. Anticipates the dreams of the audience and decides how they will come true. Competent planner and speaker. Able to lead a team.

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According to Gartner, by the end of this year, more than 8,000,000,000 devices will interact with each other, and by 2020 their number will more than double. Manufacturers household appliances, electronics and automobiles will need assistants who will explain to a wide audience why it is important to view stories from a toaster and how a washing machine orders its own powder.

5 real predictions

1. VR will cover Russia by new year holidays, according to representatives of M.Video (the largest electronic retailer in Russia). Helmets and games will go on sale en masse and become more than affordable, which means that a niche for product placement will be added.

2. AR and MR are worth waiting for later. However, the Pokemon Go phenomenon (in less than a week, the application was installed 7,500,000 times in the US alone) is already keeping many marketers awake. We will see augmented reality in brands in large quantities and in a variety of formats: from trying on clothes, like at Timberland, to exemplary results of plastic surgery.

3. Scientists from Oxford have calculated that over the next 10 years, approximately 12% of employed people in developed countries will be out of work. This will happen through process automation.

4. At the same time, 75% of jobs will be improved thanks to the same automation and robotics.

5. Having learned how to create virtual reality, people will begin to teach with it. There are already attempts to introduce VR projects into education systems. So last year, a group of American schoolchildren visited Mars on their way to school. The bus was equipped with dozens of VR devices that turned the streets of Washington outside the window into space landscapes (you can see how it was).

Progress will give us many new opportunities and directions, and it will be damn interesting. In the meantime, we invite you to take our comic test and find out in a minute and a half which of these promising professions suits you the most. It remains to take the initiative, the choice is yours!

While we are mastering the professions of lawyers, economists, locksmiths and cooks Elon Musk dreams of flying to Mars, 3D printers are starting to print human organs, and the UK is investing millions of pounds to train assistants and assistants for robots.

Be prepared for the fact that in the near future machines will take up to 75% of jobs. Perhaps the robotics boom in Russia will happen a little later, but it will definitely happen. Let's talk about the professions of the future - new and promising. Because it is worth thinking about them now.

In what areas will robots not replace humans?

Robotics is advancing faster than experts thought. In Japan, machines no longer only perform ordinary operations in factories, cook and do house cleaning - they dance well, play chess, and most importantly, they study. It is trained artificial intelligence that becomes the main competitor of man in the struggle for a job.

Why would an employer hire a CNC operator if the machine does not need to be paid a salary and there is no need to supervise it - robots will hardly try to steal anything, hardly be negligent.

As part of a lecture on human capital after the 4th industrial revolution, Christopher Pissarides (Nobel Laureate in Economics) outlined only 6 industries in which robots cannot completely replace humans.

For at least the next 20-30 years, this is:

1. The medicine.
2. Education.
3. Real estate.
4. The household.
5. Hospitality.
6. Personal services.

With medicine, education and real estate, everything is clear. A household is understood not only as household chores, but also planning the family budget, making decisions when creating the comfort of an apartment or house, choosing the best place to live, and so on. Hospitality is understood as hotel, restaurant and tourism management as well as the entertainment industry.

Personal services include, for example, the services of a psychologist, a nanny, a nurse and other professionals that robots cannot replace for practical and ethical reasons. This also includes several areas, which in part are also professions. A prime example is the clergy. It is difficult to imagine a robot in the person of a church minister, unless it will be a separate new cult, a new religion.

It is also the sphere of art - presumably the value of human labor will not disappear here and, on the contrary, will continue to grow.

Professions of the future: TOP-20 specialties

Among the assumptions of the futurists, there are many specialties that may seem like a utopia or outright nonsense. When forecasting, it is especially important to rely on trends in science. If we know that robotics and IT are rapidly developing, then the position of a lawyer in robotics no longer looks so unrealistic.

Let us draw your attention to the list of professions published by American, European and Russian researchers.

New professions of the future - TOP-10 Microsoft and The Future Laboratory

virtual reality designer

Experts predict a significant growth in the VR device market. In the next 7-8 years, it should exceed $45 billion. Millions of people will spend most of their free time in virtual reality, which will be designed by the next generation of designers. They will create virtual offices for remote negotiations, museums, municipal institutions and much more.

Robotics Developers

Or robotics lawyers. They will act as intermediaries between humans and artificial intelligence. The tasks of specialists will include the development ethical standards, according to which robots can exist among living people. The need for a profession is due to the possible appearance of "bad" machines that can intentionally harm people.

Virtual tour guides and digital commentators

Do you experience catharsis when you come into contact with works of art in museums, in art galleries? Experts believe that very soon virtual tours will replace up to 80% of real premises cultural objects. This is where digital commentators and guides who own VR technologies come in handy.

Biohackers

In fact, these are amateurs who conduct their own research in the field of molecular biology, using open data from the scientific community. It is assumed that biohackers will soon reach a new level and, in freelance mode, will be able to help scientists in finding ways to treat the most complex diseases.

Analysts of the Internet of Things

Household appliances and electronics are increasingly equipped with their own software, so that devices can exchange data with each other. The Internet of Things (IoT) will require modernization in 5-8 years: in developed countries, specialists will be in demand who can analyze data and look for, say, new methods for integrating household appliances into unified systems for smart homes.

space guide

Scientists say that by the beginning of the 2030s, space tourism will no longer be a rarity and will become quite affordable for wealthy people. In this regard, guides who will accompany travelers on flights to the stars will become in demand. And if at the initial stage they can become cosmonauts, then in the future the specialty may appear even in ordinary universities.

Personal data curator

Neural interfaces that combine the human brain with a computer will become the most common in 3-4 years. We will be able to "record" memories, plans and thoughts, as well as distribute them on social networks - to share with friends and even strangers. The task of the personal data curator is to combine information into a common information flow and adapt it.

Ecosystem Restoration Specialist

Around 2030, the planet's resources may be seriously depleted due to a significant increase in population. We are talking not only about non-renewable oil, but also about animals and plants. In this situation, engineers will be required to restore the environment. In particular, they will be able to "revive" extinct species of animals and plants using previously collected genetic material.

DC Power Supply Engineer

In the next 5-10 years, the transition to sustainable energy can be completed - solar and wind energy will be used as the main source of power throughout the planet. The only problem is the inability to operate the devices in cloudy and calm weather. Therefore, developers of constant power devices will become especially in demand.

Body designer

Bioengineering should make a breakthrough by the mid-2020s. In the future, a person will be able to easily change tissues and even organs. The possibilities of medicine and plastic surgery will help people become what they would like to see themselves. And body designers will be able to translate the desires of a particular person into layouts that will guide surgeons in the course of work.

Promising professions of the future - TOP-10 according to Skolkovo

This list was presented by Skolkovo experts in the form of an atlas of specialties that will be in demand in the future. Among them there are excellent options for both girls and boys.

The most realistic professions were recognized as:

1. city ​​farmer . He will be engaged in useful gardening of megacities. It is quite possible that in the future large cities will be able to independently provide themselves with vegetables and fruits - they will be grown directly on the roofs and facades of skyscrapers.
2. Molecular Nutritionist . The “Larisa Dolina Diet” may not help, not only because of the anti-scientific basis, but also because individual features your body. In the near future, we will be able to lose weight at the molecular level - nutritionists will explore the individuality of our structure in great detail and will be able to create unique programs for losing weight, gaining or maintaining weight.
3. Online Doctor . A number of laws on online consultations have already been passed, so the profession does not seem futuristic, much less utopian. In 4-5 years, an online doctor will be able to replace most doctors who practice classic face-to-face patient care.
4. space tourism manager . If American researchers mark space guides, then Skolkovo focuses on specialists who will organize flights to the stars. Managers in this industry, according to forecasts, will be in demand in 15-20 years.
5. Digital linguist . The task of a specialist is to adapt the language of machines for a person, to make it more understandable and “alive”. Digital linguists will work with online translators, search engines and other robotic devices that "speak" to humans.
6. reenactors . Most iconic buildings, monuments of history and architecture, will soon become emergency. The task of the specialists in the restructuring of these objects is to create a project, according to which the building will cease to pose a danger and at the same time preserve the value of the monument.
7. 3D printing designer . This profession will be especially in demand in construction, where 3D technologies are already widely used today. And if now only individual elements and building materials are printed, then in the future, with the help of special printers, it will be possible to create full-fledged buildings.
8. home robot developer . The specialty exists today and will continue to gain popularity in the future. Experts believe that by 2030, a person will be able to completely get rid of household chores by transferring all domestic work to machines.
9. financial trajectory designer . He will help you not to make mistakes when building a career by developing an individual plan for achieving success. In fact, this is an expert who can create an algorithm for moving along career ladder for every person.
10. mind fitness trainer . They will be as charismatic as the leaders of modern useless trainings, and at the same time help you get closer to intellectual perfection. You can master speed reading, develop a phenomenal memory, and so on.

List of professions in demand in 2020-2025

Modern business is increasingly moving away from classical formations towards remote work and hiring freelance employees. Specialists are looking for either permanent job, or design for specific tasks. The gig-economy is growing every year, gradually all professions related to intellectual work go “to a distance”.

In the period from 2020 to 2025 will be in demand Internet-related professions. Below is our TOP of professions, having mastered which you will not be left without money and will be able to to work remotely from anywhere in the world with stable internet.

Internet Marketer

We spend most of the day “online” reading news on websites, updating our Instagram feed or chatting with friends in instant messengers. Businesses have to rebuild and convey information to the consumer through modern communication channels. To do this, every business needs an Internet marketer.

A person who is well versed in various types Internet advertising, knows how to build a sales funnel, automate processes and build communication with a client online will always be in demand!

Salary- from 80,000 rubles at the start to 300,000 for experienced specialists.

Internet advertising specialist

If an Internet marketer is engaged in the general direction of advertising, then someone needs to “work with their hands” and engage in direct setup advertising campaigns. This falls within the realm of the online advertising specialist. Having learned to work with one of the traffic sources, be it targeted, contextual or any other advertising you will always find work in the office or be able to provide freelance services.

Salary– from 60,000 rubles to the office, from 10,000 rubles for one freelance client.

Web developer

Before setting up advertising, you need to prepare a platform to which the buyer will be led. In most cases, this site is Web site. It is developed by a web designer. This direction is a fusion of creative and technical skills. You can only develop interfaces (frontend), or program the technical component (backend) or create websites on constructors. In the 21st century, every business will need a website, so you definitely won’t be left without work.

Salary– from 80,000 rubles in the office, from 25,000 rubles for one freelance project.

Programmer

The ability to work with code is a skill for which the world's largest companies are willing to pay a lot of money. There is a real hunt for experienced programmers, and salaries often reach seven figures! In the next 10 years, there is a strong demand for developers mobile applications for iOS and Android, this is one of the most in-demand professions by 2025.

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In previous articles, we started talking about alternative education, especially in IT professions and new professions that are not yet taught in universities (article), about the most popular and highly paid professions today (article). In this article, you will learn how choose the right professions of the future new and promising in our rapidly changing information, digital world. To be in demand by specialists in the next decade.

What profession do you need to master today in order to be a sought-after specialist in the future?

Now every schoolchild, but not every adult, knows that humanity has stepped over from the industrial era to the post-industrial (or digital, informational) one. A new technological revolution has taken place. High tech are changing the needs of humanity at an accelerated pace. Therefore, many professions of the industrial age have become unclaimed.

They were replaced by new professions that no one had heard of 5 or 10 years ago, for example, trend hunter, life coach, QA engineer, SMM manager and many others.

If so many new professions have already appeared today, what will happen in 10-20 years? Whom to study today to be a sought-after specialist in the future, to be in a trend?

What skills will the professions of the future require from professionals?

We will answer this question with ease, noticing the trend of shortage in the labor market of specialists at the intersection of specialties. Analysts of recruitment companies speak about the lack of such universal specialists.

Examples from my experience: in an IT company, a business analyst and a system analyst work together, on TV - a video designer and editor, in the field of Internet marketing - a web site designer and layout designer. There are many examples of the work of specialists at the intersection of professions. So, more and more often, the labor market requires professionals who can cover both professions.

We see that IT-, bio- and other technologies have rapidly entered our lives, so analysts, researchers, futurologists predict the emergence of many professions at the intersection of sciences: molecular nutritionist, bioengineer, energy auditor, city farmer, etc.

The trends are such that the professions of the future will require such skills from specialists:

• Cross-functionality, work at the intersection of professions
• Ability to think creatively
• Willingness to retrain for life
• Willingness to change profession every 10 years
• Knowledge of several languages
• Readiness for cross-cultural movement (willingness to work in different countries due to globalization)
• Basic knowledge of IT technologies
• Ability to work remotely
• Be a big date professional (collect and work with a large amount of information)
• Be able to self-study, tk. technology development will be rapid
• Possess soft skills (think softly, positively, patiently, benevolently achieve goals)

What professions will be needed in the next decade according to "Sparks & Honey" - an American research company

The findings from this research company's report have made many parents wonder if they are giving their kids the right knowledge. Over 60% of the most in-demand jobs of the coming decade don't exist yet!

So, in the next 10 years there will be demand for:

• productivity consultants
• Corporate disruptors
• Traders of alternative currencies
• Managers of social media accounts after death
• Personal digital curators
• Specialists in the treatment of network and gadget addiction
• virtual reality architects
• Drone managers (delivery service)
• 3D printing template designers
• 3D Printers

Interested in learning more about each of these professions? You can read in this article .

Amazingly, many of these jobs of the future have already become our reality. In the video, watch the story about 5 such super new professions.

What 25 professions will be in demand in the next 15-20 years according to Forbs magazine?

25 new and promising professions of the future - according to Forbs - these are professions at the junction of different fields of knowledge.

1. Composite engineer. Has knowledge in the field composite materials for production, which are used, among other things, in 3D printing, in robotic technological complexes
2. IT geneticist. Engaged in genome programming for the treatment of diseases that are inherited.
3. Urbanist-ecologist. Engaged in the design of new environmentally friendly cities.
4. Smart road builder. It is engaged in the construction of roads using new technologies, installs a "smart" road surface using sensors to monitor the condition of roads, installs "smart" signs and markings, and video surveillance systems.
5. Intellectual property appraiser. Engaged in evaluating the cost of ideas, inventions, etc.
6. Manager of crowdinvesting and crowdfunding platforms. Coordinates the interaction between contributors and project authors.
7. Space tourism manager. Engaged in the development of tourism programs.
8. Molecular Nutritionist. He is engaged in the development of individual nutrition schemes in accordance with the molecular composition of food and the results of the human genotype.
9. genetic consultant. Engaged in genetic analysis for the conclusion and recommendations for the treatment regimen.
10. city ​​farmer. Engaged in growing vegetables and fruits on the walls and roofs of houses and skyscrapers.
11. Virtual world designer. Engaged in the creation of virtual worlds with individual culture, architecture, nature, laws.
12. healthy aging consultant. Creates for the elderly optimal complexes of physical activity, recommendations on lifestyle, nutrition system.
13. Foreman watcher. Construction consultant evaluates and corrects construction progress with digital building designs.
14. eco-preacher. Teaches children and adults an environmentally conscious lifestyle.
15. Environmental Catastrophe Specialist. Engaged in the prevention of disasters that can be gradually realized by people: pollution of nature around large industrial centers, melting glaciers, radiation dumps.
16. IT medic. Engaged in design software for diagnostic and medical equipment, creates a database of physiological parameters of patients.
17. Cosmobiologist and Cosmogeologist. Cosmobiologist studies the behavior of organisms in space, creates ecosystems for lunar bases and orbital stations. A space geologist is engaged in mining on asteroids and the Moon.
18. Smart environment designer. Generates and implements ideas for technological solutions that make homes and offices respond to user requests.
19. Network Lawyer. Engaged in the development of legislation for networks and the virtual world, solves issues of protecting virtual property.
20. Multicurrency exchanger. Engaged in mutual settlements of traditional and alternative electronic currencies.
21. Medical robot designer. Engaged in the design of robots for medicine: surgical robots, diagnostic robots, cyber prostheses.
22. Electric tanker. Engaged in the maintenance of refueling electric vehicles.
23. 3D printing designer in construction. Engaged in the design of layouts, structures, selects the optimal components for their printing.
24. Mining system engineer. Fully controls the development of deposits, from prospecting and exploration to the closure of the deposit.
25. Linguist digital. Engaged in the development of new interfaces for communication between a computer and a person, processing text information(semantic search on the Internet).

Where can you get knowledge on these professions of the future today?

Do you want to know where you can already get knowledge (basic) in these professions in Russia today? The authors of Forbs magazine, Russia analyzed modern educational institutions where you can get knowledge for these professions of the future. List educational institutions for each of the 25 professions of the future you will find in this Forbs magazine article, Russia.

What 20 professions will be in demand by 2030 according to the British research company "Fast Future"

"Fast Future" presented a report on scientific work with sensational data on the professions of the future:

1. nano medic
2. Specialist in the creation of artificial organs
3. Farmer working with gene technology
4. memory augmentation surgeon
5. Senior Citizens Consultant
6. Scientific Ethics Expert
7. space pilot, space guide
8. Vertical Farm Specialist
9. Climate Change Specialist
10. weather police
11. quarantine specialist
12. Virtual lawyer
13. Avatar manager and virtual teacher
14. Developer of alternative transport
15. broadcasting specialist
16. Utilizer of data, information
17. virtual space manager
18. Trader, time bank broker
19. social media social worker
20. Personal brand manager

Curious about each of these mysterious jobs of the future? Can you find out from this article.

So, an unimaginable future awaits us all, which we now already see in science fiction films. The main thing to understand is that there will no longer be a profession for life and you will need to be prepared to constantly retrain. In no era there are no professions with a great future, but only professionals with a great future. And one more thing: at all times one should choose a profession according to one's soul and vocation. Then the whole life will be bright and full and work will not be a burden, but a joy!

Read about how to choose a profession according to your talents and inclinations in this article.

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The question "Where to go to study?" stands before graduates sharply: often, when they enter an educational institution, they do not fully understand what kind of profession they choose. This misunderstanding may persist until graduation.

Unlike Russian schools, students abroad are not only prepared for admission to specific universities, but also carry out serious work on career guidance, identifying their talents and inclinations. Students from foreign schools study a wide range of subjects: from classical civilization and psychology to robotics and the latest business technologies. They can practice rowing or debating, play chess or attend a Shakespeare club.

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The older the students get, the more disciplines they try. This means that the more choice - what they are interested in as future profession what they tend to do. As a result, by the age of 16, 90% of foreign students already know who they want to become.
In addition, career consultants work with students in secondary schools in Europe and America. Also, educational institutions cooperate with large companies. Schoolchildren get the opportunity to work in starting positions during the holidays and set specific career goals for themselves.

But it is not enough to enter an interesting specialty - it is important to understand how and where to apply the acquired knowledge. Often, Russian graduates with deep fundamental knowledge do not have enough practice. This leads to the fact that more than half of our graduates by the end of their studies lose interest in learning and work outside their specialty.

If you have already graduated from a Russian university, but want to change your specialty or get more modern education in your field, consider applying to a foreign university. You can get a bachelor's degree in a new field for yourself, continue your specialized studies in a master's program or take intensive professional courses in their specialty. Learn more from our consultants.

Foreign universities offer up-to-date knowledge and develop practical skills of students. Most higher education institutions are also research centers with their own laboratories, where students work on their projects and participate in the development of large companies.

Studying at a foreign university makes it possible to stay in another country (for example, Canada has soft immigration conditions for young professionals) and build a career at the world level. For those who do not want to leave their country forever, studying at a foreign university is an excellent experience and an important advantage for employment in Russia, especially since many foreign universities teach narrow specialties that are not yet available in Russian universities.

Engineering specialties will not lose their demand in the foreseeable future. One of the most promising areas of engineering is the creation and maintenance of robots. In fact, a whole set of individual specialties can be attributed to this direction - the creators of domestic robots, industrial robots, medical robots and robots for entertainment.

To master these professions, the future specialist must be well versed in automated systems, programming, process control, not to mention fundamental knowledge in the field of physics, mechanics and electrical engineering.

According to Cisco experts, now the number of home robots in the cities of developed countries is doubling every 9 months. After 2020, industrial, household, children's and medical robots will become an everyday reality and a necessity. industrial production will become about 90% automated. Robots will completely replace people with the most hazardous work- in mines, during underwater and construction works. Combat robotics will be actively developed.

Such promising industries will appear as the creation of neural interfaces for controlling robots, that is, a technology that will allow you to command machines with the power of thought.

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The basics of robotics can already be studied at Russian universities: similar courses and educational programs available at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Tomsk State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, St. Petersburg National Research University ITMO, Moscow State Technical University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation, Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, MSTU Stankin, as well as Far Eastern Federal University and others.

In the future, robotics will be trained at corporate universities, as well as on leading online educational platforms like Coursera and the domestic Stepik.

Participants will be able to show their knowledge in robotics. As part of the "Intelligent Robotic Systems" profile, the teams will have to create robotic equipment for the logistics center. On the basis of the TRIK constructor, it will be necessary to build a ground mobile platform configured to perform the main task, as well as obtain reliable information in the course of work. For the device, it will be necessary to write a control program that will allow the robot to independently move around the model depicting the territory of the logistics center

And as part of the track "Water Robotic Systems", the contestants will have to build two underwater robots and establish communication between them: one of the robots will have to follow the data from the cameras, and the other - receiving signals from the first one.

food engineer

The growing population of the planet requires a solution to the problem of hunger. To provide food for all people, the existing agricultural areas are not enough today. The challenge for future food engineering will be to create a large number proteins and carbohydrates on a small area of ​​land and with minimal energy consumption.

Food engineering is a cross-industry profession. A food technologist as a profession still exists today, but in the future, the tasks of this specialty will change. Using knowledge in biology, chemistry, genetics and materials science, food engineers will have to literally design new products, preferably from cheap and commonly available raw materials - from plants, algae, even waste.

Such experiments are now being carried out all over the world. In the USA, for example, in the Impossible Foods laboratory, how to get a complete meat substitute from plant products - not only in terms of nutrition, but also in taste and texture. Technology has made it possible to make burgers with cutlets that are said to be indistinguishable from real beef. However, it contains only soy, wheat, potatoes, coconut oil and flavorings.

The experts of the "Atlas of new professions" indicate that the problem of world hunger in the future will be solved by representatives of two professions - GMO agronomists and city farmers. If the former will use biotechnology to create new products with desired properties, then the latter will develop mass food production in cities. Farms of the future will be located directly on the roofs and walls of skyscrapers and in modular farms inside buildings.

Within the framework, young biotechnologists will also have to show their knowledge. In the profile "Engineering Biological Systems" two age groups will compete - schoolchildren of grade 9 and younger and schoolchildren of grades 10-11.

The younger ones will need to improve the operation of the hydroponic installation. They need to create an algorithm for automating the collection of key indicators of aquaponic systems and automating the introduction of the necessary reagents into the installations.

AT senior group the children will have to solve genetic problems, in particular, to identify key point mutations in the gene under study with their subsequent detection by molecular biology methods in a laboratory test site.

virtual reality architect

In fact, the entire IT sector will continue to develop rapidly in the coming decades. Developers information systems, data scientists, interface developers (including the already mentioned neural interfaces), artificial intelligence specialists and other professionals of the digital age will be steadily in demand in the foreseeable future. And all because computers will not learn to program themselves for a long time - not because they do not have enough “knowledge” for this, but because the goal of programming will always be human needs, which no one knows better than the person himself. In other words, computers will not be able to predict which application, social network or a video game will be of interest to people.

The architect of virtuality is a profession that requires solid knowledge in all areas of IT. And this will be a typical profession of the future, when more and more activities will move into virtual reality. If today digital worlds exist more for entertainment, then soon they will teach, work and even treat people, which means that specialists in creating entire worlds “on order” will be in demand.

Today, the basics of virtual reality programming are taught in many technical universities, including in Russia - in the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, MEPhI, NRU ITMO, Tomsk Polytechnic and Tomsk State Universities, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University. R. E. Alekseev and others.

By the way, if you are interested in this topic, then there is a direction "Virtual and Augmented Reality". Participants will need to create their own game from ready-made elements and in a given genre. In the process of creating an application, teams will need, using a starter set of content, not only to create a game application for a given theme, genre and setting and using the required technology, but also to develop a unique product with interesting mechanics that uses the features of the technology.

Smart Environment Designer

The largest cities in the world are rapidly “getting smarter”. In New York, a street security system automatically recognizes the sounds of gunshots and determines the place where the shots were fired. The city also operates a system that predicts the likelihood of fires in buildings. Moscow has a smart control system road traffic informs about traffic jams and regulates the loading of routes. In Barcelona, ​​"smart" waste bins notify the public utility when they are full.

Existing Smart City technologies open up endless possibilities for the development of the human environment. They will help make life in cities safer, more pleasant and more harmonious. The smart environment designer will create system solutions for cities. They will combine various networks, devices and sensors with a person's physical habitat - home, street, transport, place of work.

This profession (which brings together a whole cluster of subspecialties) will require deep knowledge in IT, big data processing, the Internet of things and hardware. "Smart living environment" in the future also implies the integration of composite materials and sensors, that is, a specialist will still have to understand chemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology.

In addition, the designer of a smart environment must have a very developed systems mind - like an architect who has conceived the construction of an entire city from scratch. Therefore, such a specialist still needs to have a good understanding of sociology and modern urban studies. Of course, this is one of the most difficult professions of the future, but also one of the most interesting and noble.

To start mastering the "architecture of the future", you need to enter universities with a strong fundamental and technical training and also show interest in the humanities and sociological sciences.

Speaking about the professions of the future, one cannot but imagine the future exploration of space and other planets. Despite the fact that for the past two decades children have no longer dreamed of becoming cosmonauts like generations of Soviet people, in the next 20-40 years the prestige of this mysterious and heroic profession will still grow. And although in our country cosmonautics is still marking time and reaping the fruits of Soviet achievements, private astronautics is already rapidly developing in the West and the colonization of the nearest celestial bodies - the Moon and Mars - is being discussed.

Robots are actively used to work in space, and one would think that machines will soon force people out of this dangerous field of activity. However, one should take into account the factor of simple curiosity: no matter how dangerous it is in space, people will never stop flying outside the earth's atmosphere.

The authors of the "Atlas of New Professions" believe that in the future the profession of an astronaut will be more specialized. There will be space biologists who will study the behavior of organisms in weightlessness and on other planets, space geologists who will explore and extract minerals on celestial bodies, and even space travelers who will lay routes in interstellar space. And also how separate view business, space tourism will actively develop, because more and more people will be able to afford flights to near-earth orbit or to the moon.

Now, future cosmonauts in Russia are trained mainly by aviation and technical universities, including military ones: NRU Moscow Aviation Institute, Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots (Military Institute) named after. Hero Soviet Union A. K. Serova, Lomonosov Moscow State Technical University N. E. Bauman, Siberian State Aerospace University. Academician M. F. Reshetnev, St. Petersburg State University aerospace instrumentation.

Unmanned systems developer

Developers of unmanned transport systems are now in demand in large technology companies. In June 2017, Yandex posted a vacancy for a developer of unmanned vehicles. Applicants needed to be able to work with sensors, controllers and activators of the car, develop car control algorithms, design and test equipment. They also required excellent knowledge of C ++ and Python, experience in Linux programming and multi-threaded programming. Apparently, the company found the right specialist quite quickly, as the vacancy was soon filled.

Google, Facebook, Uber, Amazon and Microsoft are also actively developing their own projects to create unmanned vehicles, aircraft and other means of transportation. Not to mention the many specialized companies and startups.

In the next 20 years, the demand for specialists in unmanned systems will only grow. In parallel, many specializations will appear - developers of drones for various purposes (military, postal, surveillance, engineering), developers of unmanned vehicles, developers of underwater drones and interfaces for controlling machines. At the same time, developers of intelligent control systems will become in demand dynamic scheduling, in other words - dispatchers for organizing drone flights. The analytics of data collected by drones will become a separate specialty.

The profession of an unmanned systems developer is similar in complexity to the automotive industry. At the same time, in addition to deep engineering knowledge, the specialist will need to be well versed in programming and architecture of control systems.

Today in Russia, such knowledge is provided at the Moscow Aviation Institute, the Kazan National Research Technical University. A. N. Tupolev, Ulyanovsk State Technical University, Military Aviation Engineering University in Voronezh and Siberian State Aerospace University. Academician M. F. Reshetnev.

The profile "Unmanned aerial systems" is provided for, in which participants will be asked to write a program for a fire drone and test the drone in a test site.

Preventive medicine specialist

In the future, people will not stop getting sick, but will get sick less often due to the development of preventive medicine, which is aimed more at preventing the causes of the disease than at treating the consequences.

Medicine in the next 20-30 years will make a huge step forward: many incurable diseases will be defeated, doctors will understand the mechanism of mental disorders, robotic prostheses with feedback will be used with might and main - a person will be able to feel the touch of an artificial hand. Research in the field of genetics and biotechnology will make it possible to identify the prerequisites for the disease at an early stage and stop them even before the onset of clinical symptoms.

Such developments are carried out in large companies and through the efforts of small start-ups. In the US, the Verily project, based former employee Google's Andrew Conrad is developing technology that will allow wearable gadgets - smartwatches and bracelets - to collect data about a person's health and analyze it for the wearer's propensity for dangerous diseases. The startup is also developing "smart" contact lenses that can detect blood sugar levels.

According to , in the next five years, the market for medical gadgets will grow from 2 to 41 billion dollars.

A specialist in preventive medicine will be well versed both in medicine itself and in IT areas - big data analysis and algorithmization. At the same time, future doctors will do most of the work online - medical consultations, treatment prescriptions, prescription of medicines and even diagnostics will be carried out by the so-called "network doctors".

Experts from the Atlas of New Professions name network doctors as one of the specialties that will appear everywhere before 2020. They will focus on early diagnosis and prevention of diseases. Finding a neglected disease in their patient or even a disease in the acute stage will be a professional failure for them.

Such doctors will see the majority of patients via video link, so the concept of a queue at the clinic will be a thing of the past. Hospitals will remain only for high-tech treatment and operations, during which surgeons will be assisted by robots.

A number of leading Russian medical universities today train specialists who can retrain as specialists in preventive medicine or independently begin to develop medical systems of the future. These are medical academies. Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar and metropolitan medical universities - named after Sechenov and Pirogov in Moscow, named after Pavlov in St. Petersburg.

financial technology specialist

Fintech is one of the fastest growing technology industries of our time. And yet, as of 2017, the industry occupies no more than 1% of the entire financial sector of the global economy. The volume of venture investments in fintech in the United States in 2016 reached $13.6 billion. For comparison, the entire financial industry of the country is 11 trillion dollars.

Experts name five main directions for the development of financial technologies in the future - payments and transfers, credits and loans, capital management, insurance, and the foreign exchange market. That is, in all these industries the role information technologies will increase..

A specialist who combines knowledge of financial and technological tools will be in demand more than ever in the coming decades. Such areas as the use of big data for risk assessment in insurance, the use of artificial intelligence in asset management, the development of individual pension plans and others.

At the same time, some familiar professions in developed countries will become a thing of the past - accountants, tellers and even, possibly, stock traders.

Good financial preparation with a technological component is provided by the courses of the NRU " graduate School Economics”, Russian University of Economics. G. V. Plekhanov, Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of National Economy and public service under the President Russian Federation, St. Petersburg State University.

Participants will also be able to demonstrate their knowledge in the field of fintech. They will create a decentralized application at the intersection of blockchain technologies and the Internet of things to ensure interaction between manufacturers of batteries for electric vehicles, service centers that provide quick battery replacement, and electric vehicles. Teams will need to develop a solution that can check for counterfeit replacement batteries, confirming the declared quality and current wear. Issues of economic interaction will also not be left aside: the service station is fully automated, which means that schoolchildren will have to transfer all cash settlements to an automatic basis, including determining the optimal parameters for making transactions.

Online educator

A teacher is an eternal profession, as are the professions of a doctor and a builder. And this is a profession in which a person, perhaps, will not be replaced by machines for quite a long time. Even with the creation of a full-fledged artificial intelligence capable of transferring the experience of generations, we are unlikely to entrust the upbringing and education of children to a computer. Therefore, teachers will always be in demand. But even this conservative branch of knowledge is changing.

Online pedagogy is becoming increasingly popular. Various advanced training courses, training for new professions gather thousands of listeners around the world. Platforms like Coursera are revolutionizing educational process. In the next 20 years, people will receive a significant part of their knowledge on the Internet - on their own or with the help of online educators.

In addition to simply communicating via video (two-way or multi-channel), educators of the future will use interactive tools that will be able to receive feedback from students and immediately test their knowledge. The learning process will become even more "alive" than in the traditional classroom.

Game forms of education will be actively used, especially in primary and secondary school age. Virtual reality will become an important part of educational content - in it, students, accompanied by a teacher, will be able to model space, visualize abstractions and simply watch reconstructions of historical eras "as it was."

At present, again due to the conservatism of the teaching profession, online teachers are not trained anywhere. One can only predict that with the wider introduction of new educational technologies, traditional pedagogical universities after 2020 will pay attention to this still emerging branch of pedagogy.

Nanomaterials designer

The design of nanomaterials, along with the development of robotics and biotechnology, will be another cross-industry profession of the future. These specialists will be engaged in modeling the properties of materials, predicting their life cycle using digital tools. The material designer will have to be well versed in nanophysics and nanochemistry and, of course, be able to program.

Nanomaterials will be used not only in industry, automotive and aircraft manufacturing, the creation of tools and equipment, but also in housing construction. So, houses made of composite materials with embedded chips will change the temperature of the walls in the room in accordance with the weather or the desire of the tenant, as well as change color or transparency.

Specialists in nanotechnology are trained in Russian universities - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, NRU "MISiS", Russian University of Chemical Technology. D. I. Mendeleev, Ural Federal University. the first President of Russia BN Yeltsin and other educational institutions.

Participants in the New Materials and Sensors profile can also show their knowledge in the specialty of the future. Teams will need to the shortest time create an active Chemical substance, assemble a sensor system for it and demonstrate their performance.

Recycling Specialist

Solution environmental issues will be a key condition sustainable development in future. Environmental specialists will be in demand in all sectors of production and transport. And issues of environmental protection will also be addressed with the help of high-tech tools.

One of the promising industries will be recycling - the processing of materials and their reuse. Recycling specialists will be engaged in the development of new environmentally friendly and cheap technologies.

Today, recycling technologies are developing rapidly. Companies are investing heavily in this area, and the state supports progressive initiatives. Ecologists are trained by a number of large educational institutions, starting with Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov. Systemic ideas about ecology can be obtained at classical and technical universities with a degree in Ecology and Nature Management.