I read a very interesting article called, "5 New Tech Jobs & What They Pay". I was actually very shocked by a lot of the information that I read pertaining to tech jobs because the pay was not as high as I believed it would be. Basically this article talked about that although the economy is struggling each and every day there are still new jobs that are coming out due to the expansion of Internet usage.
Some of the new jobs that I read about were a little bizarre to think about such as one called and virtual concierge. We all know what a regular concierge does; they great people at the front of high end restaurants or hotels and assist customers in anything that they may need assistance with. This new type of concierge for the virtual world does similar things but just from behind their computers. They may order groceries thru Peapod for a customer, set up dinner reservations for them, writing emails, and even ordering theater tickets. This job pays up to $32,000 just for doing little odds and ends that the average everyday person can do with the basic knowledge of a computer really.
Another job title that I came across was an application developer. In today’s day the majority of us either own a smart phone or an IPhone that is made my Apple. These new application developers are feeding into the already crazy craze of new apps for customers to buy and have on their phones. If they are successful in developing a popular app they could make up to the thousands of dollars per day. Although this seems like it is all good and easy there are a lot of specifics that you need to know to develops apps. One requirement was that you must own a MacBook you cannot own a regular PC or laptop. Also you must be proficient in a tool called Objective C, which I have never even heard about. With that said this hard work and costly computer will only bring you out making $61,000 if your app is successful.
All and all the bottom line is that with the struggling economy there are still new ways to find jobs it is just in a different direction than what other generations are used to. The world is now taking a turn for a technology based world rather than a manual labor world. For more jobs that are up and coming in the technology world you can look at the article on 3 other job titles that were not mentioned.
Alyssa, I read the same article that you did. I found this article interesting as well considering that I have never heard of any of the jobs that they talked about in this article. The only one that I did hear about was the Mobile App developer. I heard of that one because apparently its extremely easy to make your own APP and become successful. Just look at the people who created Angry Birds, that was one of the most successful APPs to come out and they even sell stuffed "Angry Birds" and other memorabilia. It would be an easy way to make a quick dollar. It is also hard to make an APP as the reading said because you have to be proficient with MACs and I'm not that proficient with that type of computer yet. I also agree with you when you say that the world is changing based on technology. Its crazy that some of the technology that they are coming out with now a days.
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