Future jobs or why didn't I think of this?

Bruce sent me an article recently on Yahoo which described some possible future jobs imagined by the Canadian Scholarship Trust Plan (CST). In fact the title of the Yahoo article is "9 Futuristic Jobs We Could See By 2030" and the premise is what could be. Rome's Revolution takes place in the 35th century which certainly qualifies as the future.

Here is a list of the jobs they cited in that particular article:

1. Tele-surgeon
2. Nostalgist
3. Re-wilder
4. Simplicity expert
5. Garbage designer
6. Robot counselor
7. Healthcare navigator
8. Solar technology specialist
9. Aquaponic fish farmer

As Jack Bauer likes to say, "dammit" - why didn't I think of that. I was so busy trying to get my people to the stars, it never occurred to me that there would be whole new jobs that don't exist today. I just made Rei a general engineer. I could have made him an aquaponic engineer. I made Silas Hiram a farmer and ag professor rather than a re-wilder.

But then again, maybe I wasn't so far off. All of the occupations cited above are built upon the premise that society continues along the path we are now and address issues coming up. However, on the world of Deucado, for instance, there are no aquaponic farms or health care systems. There's nothing. Life is very primitive initially. So the skill sets required would be more basic. They would have to address issues that confronted our grandparents rather than our grandchildren. Here is what Bonnie Mullen said about it in The Ark Lords:

“We were born and schooled to live a certain lifestyle,” Bonnie said indicating the room with a sweep of her arm. “There’s nothing here. No supermarkets. No stores to shop. Nothing to buy and nowhere to buy it.” She pointed to the far wall, her mind envisioning a three-v that was not there. “We have no movies. No entertainment. No amenities.” She waved at the small coffee table in front of the sofa. “Take appetizers, for example. I wanted to serve you cheese and crackers. But what I have is embarrassing. We’re really nothing but glorified farmers now.”

Oh well, I just made myself feel better. I can always claim that I thought of those future occupations but rejected them because of their impracticality rather than lack of imagination. But I'll have to be more careful in the future.