In Ten Years, Work Will Look Different. Here’s What Still Makes Sense to Study Today.
My son is 13. University in five years. A degree in ten. In between, AI will write more code, and robots will enter hospitals and care facilities. The question is simple: what should a kid study today? Classics or computer engineering?
Start from passions, always. But some degrees are more resilient than others. Healthcare with technology inside: robots will take physical and logistical tasks, but people will still manage clinical data, protocols, and risk. Nursing, health professions, biomedical engineering, clinical informatics, biostatistics, healthcare management. Data and decisions: statistics, data science, applied math, econometrics, operations research. AI speeds up analysis, and it speeds up mistakes without method. We need people who can measure, validate, and understand causality.
Security and digital infrastructure: cybersecurity, networks, cloud, industrial security. More automation means more exposure. Hospitals, schools, companies, cities need people who protect systems and respond when they fail. Physical-world engineering: electrical, energy, mechanical, industrial, materials, automation, supply chain. Robots are tools. They increase the need for design, maintenance, certification, reliability. Technical law and governance: privacy, liability, rules for automated systems, tech contracts, IP, labor. We need specialists who understand both law and systems.
Everything else can work if done seriously. Creativity and tourism often work best as a second axis. Tools can be learned anywhere. YouTube teaches tools. University should teach method, numbers, responsibility.
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