During a recent conversation with a group of friends—most of whom have teenagers on applying to college—we kept coming back to one critical question: “What should our kids study to remain relevant in a world shaped by AI?” I recognized their anxiety because I’ve felt it too. Whenever I look at how quickly AI is advancing, I recall my own college years, when coding often meant writing C++ on paper before carefully typing it into a lab computer. Back then, I learned HTML, ASP, and .NET—new technologies that would eventually shape a decade of web development. It’s now clear that 2030 will be the next major milestone: AI will be at scale, likely propelled by Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and those who have the right blend of analytical, creative, and systems-thinking skills will thrive in this new era.
TLDR: If you don’t want to read all below; here is the one sentence summary of my article: “Every kid should follow their passion where they apply their critical thinking and analytical skills and harness the power of AI; while some jobs will be demanded in the market more every kid is different like we all are”. So if you want to learn which jobs will be demanded more, continue to read…
Before I share my take on the Future of Jobs; I want to recommend you to download World Economic Forum’s January 7, 2025 “Future of Jobs” report, a 290-page deep dive that underscores how our professional landscape is changing. The document forecasts key emerging roles and hints that today’s learners—and even those in the early stages of their careers—must be prepared to merge human ingenuity with ever-evolving AI capabilities. Yes, AI’s future is inevitable—but it’s not about machines replacing human work, it’s about harnessing AI as our co-pilot, enabling us to be faster, more innovative, and more efficient in everything we do.
