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THE<br />
(WORK)<br />
ROBOTS<br />
ARE<br />
COMING…<br />
In the next decade, more<br />
than a third of jobs won’t<br />
need a human to do them.<br />
Give the machines a run<br />
for their money by<br />
upskilling – fast<br />
A<br />
night out in 2026: you buy a<br />
dress from a rail of holograms,<br />
a drone delivers it, a driverless<br />
car picks you up at 2am and then,<br />
hungover, you project Netflix just by<br />
talking to it. The downside? In 10<br />
years, the tech that boosts your social<br />
life could crush your career, with<br />
roles paying less than £30,000 nearly<br />
five times more likely to go.* Which<br />
leaves you...? Not screwed exactly, but<br />
ready to swot up on the skills that will<br />
future-proof your day job, perhaps.<br />
Sure, they can<br />
code – but can<br />
they strut?<br />
Carry on coding<br />
Coding is currently the most talkedabout<br />
skill to learn – with even Karlie<br />
Kloss getting involved (the supermodel<br />
has set up workshops to encourage<br />
more women into tech careers). But<br />
will it still be worth it in 10 years’<br />
time? In short, yes: 750,000 digital<br />
workers are needed by 2017, and<br />
salaries in software development<br />
begin at £35,000. But even if you’re<br />
not planning on developing the new<br />
Snapchat any time soon, the skills <br />
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