💼 Our editorial team decided to ponder the topic: “The most in-demand profession in ten years.” After all, the topic is very relevant!
In the early 2000s, all parents sent their children to study law and economics. This was understandable: capitalism was emerging in the CIS, and the economy required new specialists — those who understood laws, finance, taxation, and a little bit of business. At that time, law and economics faculties seemed like a springboard to career and money.
Twenty years passed — and the market became saturated with lawyers and economists. Every university considered it its duty to graduate several hundred specialists per year, and labor market competition reached absurd levels. Good specialists, as always, remained scarce, but the word “economist” long stopped being synonymous with “successful person.”
How IT became the new oil — and why it stops being so
In the mid-2010s, when smartphones became smarter than some users, a new era began — the digital era. The world plunged into a technological race, and businesses suddenly needed IT specialists: from programmers and developers to Big Data experts. Job openings multiplied, salaries increased, and the phrase “get into IT” sounded almost like “enter paradise.”
IT companies and online schools like Skillbox or Coursera earned astronomical profits. Courses promised to turn a person from “waiter to startup founder” in six months. And many believed it.
But any market eventually saturates. Today, IT is no longer a “golden ticket.” There is demand, but an excess of personnel — even more so. An army of “half-trained” people who completed a single online course waits for offers from the internet, and ads for “get into IT” appear less frequently.
What will be the next trend?
The natural question now: where to study or send your child?
History shows that the popularity of professions is not accidental but reflects the needs of big business. It is business that forms demand for personnel and is ready to pay those who help it earn more.
- In the 2000s, legal and financial order was needed — lawyers and economists were in demand.
- In the 2010s, digitalization was required — IT specialists came to the forefront.
- In the 2020s, businesses will again need people who can solve problems for millions of clients related to the main resource — time and health.
Why medicine will become the new “gold mine”
Life expectancy is increasing. Already, the 50+ generation lives longer than their parents and does so in comfort. People age slowly but get richer faster. They have money and want not just to live longer, but to live well: receive treatment without queues, rest effectively, and monitor nutrition and brain activity.
A new cohort of elderly people emerges — former top managers, business owners, high-ranking officials, successful entrepreneurs. They don’t want to age in a chair — they want to “always be in resource.” And they are willing to pay for it.
Moreover, women increasingly give birth after 30-35, creating huge demand for reproductive medicine, genetics, perinatal centers, and pregnancy medical support.
New professions at the intersection of medicine and technology
The medicine of the future is not only doctors and nurses. It is an entire ecosystem of professions that will need:
- Geneticists and bioengineers,
- Medical robot operators,
- Medical data analysts,
- Telemedicine and digital diagnostics specialists,
- Dietitians, neuropsychologists, longevity coaches.
All these professions are already at the start of their rise. And, unlike classical medicine, where a clinic therapist earns almost nothing, here salaries will be market-based and competitive.
Public healthcare — out of trend
Of course, this does not refer to those working in district hospitals. In government institutions, the financing system is, to put it mildly, archaic: low salaries, enormous workload, and reforms move at the speed of a therapist’s rounds.
Therefore, future growth will be in private and technological medicine: in startups, private clinics, R&D companies, biotechnology, digital health services, and the wellness industry.
Why this forecast is realistic
The global digital health market grows 20-25% annually, and according to McKinsey, by 2035 it will exceed one trillion dollars. The “longevity” segment — life extension technologies — is already valued at $200 billion and grows faster than IT did ten years ago.
Investments go into wearables (smart watches, health sensors), medical AI, personalized therapy, and biohacking. All this requires an army of specialists who simply do not exist yet.
Finally
Professions do not die — they transform. Lawyers master cybersecurity, economists — AI-based financial analytics, and IT specialists — biotechnology and medical algorithms.
But if we talk about the field where in the next ten years there will be a real personnel shortage and big money, it is medicine in its new, technological form.
So if your child has not yet chosen a profession — think not only about salary, but also trends.
💊 Health is not just a value. It is the business of the future.
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