You all know it,
AirBnB has an epic new policy. So epic, that I have decided that I am going to send in my resume to every available position. If you see my LinkedIn updated as Sales Trainee @AirBnb, don’t be surprised.
So what does this have to do with you? How can you take advantage of this new shift?
First Recognize: Remote Work is here to stay. Regardless of how you feel about it (shockingly, there are people that hate it), people have seen too many benefits. The convenience is unmatched.
Easy enough. Now let’s talk about what skills you should master to really take advantage of this new shift in the industry-
Cyber Security
Remote work—> More Time Online + Plus More Data Being transmitted online —> Greater Need to be careful. Companies lost a lot of money to this. Google and Facebook, for example, lost over 100 MILLION USD to one man. The need for people who can continue to build more secure systems will be paramount. With remote work, a LOT more data will be transmitted online. Security Experts will become more crucial.
The obvious thing would be to work on your Engineering in this domain. Learn about Networks, Malware, Spam Detection, and Building Systems with better checks. However, you can go a step beyond.
The problem with a lot of csec devs is that they don’t spend enough time understanding economics and scamming techniques. The FB example above is perfect. The article talks about how industry-standard software is still using old-school practices (like 3-way Matching). A software dev with some knowledge of newer financial procedures can create new-gen software, or integrate some of the checks directly into the protocols of companies.
Data Compression and Transmission
Data can get very expensive to store. Now remote work is great because you can record meetings etc. so that people can refer to them later. Unfortunately, your storage costs can get out of hand. This is why so much money is put into coming up with compression and efficient data transmission.
Think about all the TBs of data being shared every day. If you can make transmission 0.001% more efficient, you will save a lot of people a lot of money. And they will like you a lot, so they will give you some of that money. And you will be happy, and remember me, your best friend. Everybody wins.
This will also help you if you, inspired by our earlier Finance Friday, want to get into Leisure.
Content Creation
No, not what I do. You can try, but that’s a new can of worms. As the world goes remote, more people will be interacting with content as opposed to people. You can take advantage of this in two ways- Learn to create interactive content OR Create the platforms that make interactive content possible.
The former involves working on your communication, and learning how to use certain tools. As remote work and differing time zones become more common, people will reduce the presenting designs and technical specs in meetings and just start forwarding the docs for these things. This is already being done, but the process is going to explode.
Current design docs have a lot of problems. They aren’t interactive, can be very hard to get through, and often aren’t easy to parse through. We will see more interactive design docs, that will fully utilize a lot of the modern technologies. People aren’t talking about this yet, but AR/VR will be a game-changer for certain kinds of industries. Visual media-heavy ones like Photography, Metallurgy, and Construction are already using them extensively. These industries will pay a lot of money for people with know-how. Even Software Companies will appreciate you if you can make the technical spec docs easier to understand and get through. You have no idea, how many job offers I’ve got as a Technical Writer/Videomaker. Learning how to create such content to present your work will pay off big.
For my Web/App/Game Dev peeps, you guys will do the latter. To create these platforms/tools look into 3D Geometry. Understanding how shapes and 3D Vectors/Geometry work is crucial to this endeavor.
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