A.I. Specialist, Robotics Engineer Top Emerging Jobs List

Which technology jobs are poised to go from niche to mainstream over the next few years? That's a vital question to answer, especially for those technologists who spend lots of time and resources acquiring highly specialized skills in arenas such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (A.I.). For the third year in a row, LinkedIn has produced an Emerging Jobs Report (PDF) that tries to guess which jobs will experience "tremendous growth" over the next few years. As you might expect, most of these roles are technology-related; once businesses realize that embracing A.I. or data science can mean the difference between wild success and complete implosion, they rush to employ as many technologists as they can. LinkedIn's report concludes that it's never a bad time to become an engineer or a data scientist: "engineering roles across the board are still seeing tremendous growth. More than 50% of this year's list was made up of roles related to engineering or development, with the emerging field of robotics appearing for the first time."