Jobs that will dissapear in 20 years

[fatale]

Grocery Store Cashier

Handling cash is oh-so-20th-century. In fact, all jobs dealing with paper money, including bank tellers and toll booth operators, could be obsolete in two decades, as we rely more on credit and digital money.

Film Processor

If you want to stick with old-fashioned photography, better build your own darkroom. Your neighborhood photo store will be going digital, or going out of business.

CD Store Manager

Why browse for CD's at Tower Records when you can search for MP3's online? Music producers are going digital, and retailers must adjust as well. Compact discs don't have the artistic flair of old records, so they won't have the same vintage cachet either.

Union Organizer

Union organizers and leaders may soon disappear, says futurist Alvin Toffler, since they show no sign of reversing their 20-year membership decline. "The labor movement has not come to terms with the knowledge economy at all," Toffler says.

Encyclopedia Writer

Britannica, watch out. Wikipedia's got your number. This 21st-century encyclopedia is free, online and edited by readers.

Miner

Bacteria like Thiobacillus ferooxidans can be used to extract metal from ore. If there are further advances in the science of biomining, expect the guys with coal-darkened faces to take above-ground occupations.


Construction Worker

Much construction work is still completed by hand. But three-dimensional printing may change that, says futurist Joel Barker. Instead of simply printing one layer of ink on paper, stereo lithographic printers spit out multiple layers of material to make 3D structures. Eventually, Barker says, these could be used to construct houses on a mass scale.

Fighter Pilot

Why send a man into combat when you can send a machine? While we're still far away from using robots as front-line troops, fighter jets may soon be automated.


Call Center Representative

Be careful what you wish for. Many people have fantasized, while on hold, about an end to call centers. But if they do disappear, they're likely to be replaced with more automation, not more personal customer service.

Oil Wildcatter

We won't need new sources of oil when our economy runs on hydrogen, solar power, wind and manure.

[Mizfit]

good im not on there

[Pooks]

yah still good,, altho in 20 years i better not be doing what i'm doing now LOL

[Prada]

We are more and more tilting towards a service economy and less and less towards manual labour

[SVTMuscle*]

People will always be fat, and will always want a personal trainer =)

[cfiler]

Oh well, I'm on the list (call center) but hopefully I'll have a new job in afew weeks or so.

[Liftnainez]

interesting stuff... i guess we have to just wait and see

[3Vandoo]

I'll believe it when I see it

[~fuelforfire~]

whats with the construction thing, sounds like a dumbass is thinking that cuz trust me, that will never happen.

[NCNPC29]

Yeah I really can't see construction ever disappearing. That one doesnt make much sense to me.

[littlemantc]

my job will never dissapear in any country and life time..ill always have a job...go me!

[IBdmfkr]

At the chocolate factory?

[littlemantc]

At the chocolate factory?

lmao!!!...good one bro!!