Ask HN: What are the newest jobs you know of?

3 pointsdexterchief12y ago4 comments

My brother works as a Graphic Facilitator, a job/discipline that did not seemingly exist before 2008 (according to google):

http://www.google.com/trends/explore?hl=en#q=graphic%20facilitation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_facilitation

I also recently heard about the field of Knowledge Mobilisation, seemingly born in 2010:

http://www.google.com/trends/explore?hl=en#q=knowledge%20mobilization

http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/mar/09/introduction-to-knowledge-mobilisation

I find this fascinating, and am curious to find more, so I put this to the brilliant people of Hacker News:

What are the newest jobs/disciplines that you know of?

4 comments

2718281828412y ago

One of the coolest things I had come across was an old watch repairman in town who pivoted his business to fixing Apple products when the iPhone came out. Now he fixes cracked iPhones, replaces MacBook motherboards, etc. He had all the tools and the fine motor skills from his years of watch repair. He still does watches, but I'd say from the looks of it 95% of his business is now fixing Apple products like the iPhone and iPad.

jyu12y ago

Most of these new titles seem to be rehashes of existing and less exciting titles.

"Business Analyst" => "Data Scientist"

"Customer Acquisition" => "Growth Hacker"

"Generalist Programmer" => "Full Stack Engineer"

darkxanthos12y ago

I'm a product optimization specialist. I'm responsible for my company's product split testing efforts.

Mankhool12y ago

Chief Digital Officer - CDO

Digital Archivist

Director of Fan Experience

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