Jobs of the Future

What job could YOU be doing in 20 years' time? We've teamed up with top sci-fi author Max Gladstone to find out...

About Max Gladstone

Who knows what the future holds? Fantasy author Max Gladstone seems like an excellent person to ask.

Max’s 2012 debut novel, Three Parts Dead, became the first book in his post-industrial series the Craft Sequence. And he recently created the globetrotting urban fantasy Bookburners. So he can dream up alternate worlds in his sleep.

You can read Max’s big vision below. Where you’ll also find some suitably futuristic Business Cards...

Business Cards of the Future

The jobs might be years away, but you can order these Business Card designs right now and be 20 years ahead of the game.

Pirate Radio Jockey

As the internet becomes closely monitored, resisters and agitators will return to FM radio to tell their story. Here they’ll use the power of the human voice to speak about the world.

Home Cyberneticist

The Home Cyberneticist will help you build your interconnected super-house safely and securely. From cleaning robots to doors that only exist when you’re alone, the Cyberneticist has you covered.

Personal Reality Designer

Augmented reality will let you change how our world looks. And the Personal Reality Designer will help create that world for you – all free of bloat and adware (for a clean and healthy home life).

Cloud Cleaners

All those abandoned social media accounts make us disturbingly easy to find. The Cloud Cleaner scrapes your personal data off the internet, protecting you from doxxing and surveillance.

Fabric Programmer

Part designer, part developer. After making a scan of your body, the Fashion Programmer will 3D print a made-to-measure version of anything on your Pinterest board. From blue jeans to couture.

Digital Archaeologist

They extract insight from tangles of corporate data and excavate the customer insight of dead unicorn startups. They’ll also answer questions like, “Where DID Grandma store her photos?”.