On The Future of Careers

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1. The culture of long term employment in big corporations is going away, the big giants will either automate, or outsource most of their stuff, many corporations are not planning more then 6 months in advance due to uncertain future ... AI will be replacing lots of jobs ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jmaureenhenderson/2012/08/30/careers-are-dead-welcome-to-your-low-wage-temp-work-future/#6a338994a882

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobmorgan/2014/03/20/5-reasons-why-long-term-employment-is-dead-and-never-coming-back/#1b87187034e4

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/07/world-without-work/395294/

2. Self-employment will become more common rather trendy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinelove/2016/04/27/millennials-chart-paths-to-impassioned-self-employed-success/#3a9dbdce7eac

https://www.fastcompany.com/3034268/the-future-of-work/why-millennials-want-to-work-for-themselves

http://time.com/money/2791611/millennials-entrepreneurship-survey-economy/

3. The degree will have less and less value in future (Google and EY has already discarded it) ...

https://qz.com/340304/degrees-dont-matter-anymore-skills-do/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/pascalemmanuelgobry/2013/05/07/the-jobs-of-the-future-dont-require-a-college-degree/#4f15f9121ff3

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/careers/university-degrees-irrelevant-to-big-employers/news-story/8a0340dd2b8e70e35b8ce3302c8d0cc5

4. Adaptable, agile, self learners will have a greater chance of survival, as the opportunities will be short lived, they will come and go quickly

https://www.ted.com/talks/eddie_obeng_smart_failure_for_a_fast_changing_world

https://www.thebalance.com/traits-you-need-to-be-self-employed-2948570

5. You can learn lots of things online, and don't have to attend an educational institution

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/09/is-online-learning-the-future-of-education/

https://medium.com/views-from-the-treehouse/the-future-of-education-is-online-58f5e2dd8e2b#.2uxkm9sde

6. Your network and your reputation (expertise + credibility) will be your greatest asset, not the degree

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-reasons-why-your-network-is-your-biggest-asset/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/porter-gale/why-your-network-is-your-_b_3375954.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bonniemarcus/2014/10/20/your-network-is-your-net-worth-7-ways-to-build-social-capital/

7. It would be a stupid idea to have all your eggs in one basket (multiple sources of income needed)

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-should-have-multiple-streams-of-income-2016-6

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2010/11/03/10-reasons-to-have-multiple-income-streams

8. Self-reliant people with DIY knowledge (growing your own food, producing your own energy) will have better chance of survival

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/diy-culture/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/arts/18abroad.html

9. Grades aren't important, what is important is exposure, knowledge, experience, contacts ... kids once reach adolescent age, should spend their free time in small/medium size businesses

http://www.wgsi.org/blog/future-without-grades

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/going-beyond-grades-evolving-the-singapore-education-system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqTTojTija8

https://www.facebook.com/KashAShaikh/posts/1232650113478253