Alright, so now we're in the final part of the section. And we're going over, you know, potential employment opportunities. And, of course, our final live example of the strategy. So, in terms of wind and solar and batteries and the deployment, it's, as I said, it's gonna be absolutely huge. We're talking about literally the world's biggest industry, which is energy production. We're talking about hundreds of countries all over the world, all pushing towards getting to, you know, 100% renewable energy, hopefully in the next, you know, couple of decades at some point.

This is going to mean a huge infrastructure rollout, and just jobs applied to everyone. So if you've been, you know, a bit wary of the industries that I've spoken before and maybe don't think it's right for you, there will most certainly be your particular speciality your particular field your interests. In, in this, you know, General industry, so some of the possible, you know, type of positions that might be available. Things like hands on system installs, both for commercial and industrial. So things like installing solar panels on, you know, Mom and Pop roof type thing all the way up to installing solar panels for huge businesses. So you also have salesman, of course, both commercially and industrial as well.

So selling business to business solar panels for business roofs, or selling solar panels to consumer roofs, and obviously in wind and battery as well. There's business to business companies, such as selling green energy to businesses who can't actually generate green energy themselves. There's, you know, negotiating contracts for power purchase agreements and all this sort of stuff. There's onshore and offshore wind builders, both installers and maintainer. So these are some actually really, really interesting types of jobs, especially on The offshore where you've got these absolutely ginormous wind, you know, turbines that are out in the middle of nowhere. And you know, you've got to get on a helicopter just to actually get on to them to maintain them.

And, you know, installing them, there's a whole other ballgame as well. It's very, very fascinating how they do it all. And the size of them is just getting absolutely enormous. I think GE has just recently announced a 12 megawatt wind turbine that's, I believe, they said about the height of the Eiffel Tower. So that's just one single wind turbine, the size of the Eiffel Tower. So these things are absolutely enormous.

And you can imagine, you know, building that type of a structure out in the middle of the ocean, you know, it's got its own special cases, and technicalities, and all that sort of stuff. So it's quite interesting if you know, you're into that hardcore, you know, building and maintaining a big machines and all that sort of stuff. Other types of jobs are things like power grid infrastructure, integrators, installers, and maintainers. Again, you know, you're completely revamping the power grid system itself, you know, not just in the respect of going from, you know, coal plants to solar or wind turbines. But there's a very, very big shift. Along with that to go from centralized types of power plants, we have this big, huge coal plant that supplies a huge amount of power to a more decentralized system where you have lots of little kind of marker, you know, power plants all over the place that they may produce, say, one 10th of the power that the big coal plant produced, but there's 10 or even 20 of them around.

So this all needs, you know, infrastructure built to interconnect them all and all the sort of hardware and software that makes that work. So lots of jobs there. There's always of course, the power system monitoring and management technicians. So these are the people at the actual power plants themselves. There's project managers, there's general managers, economic planners program is everything you know, you can possibly imagine. And in between, as I said, basically, you're almost guaranteed that whatever your profession is, there will be most likely high demand for it in this industry, because it is just absolutely huge.

So I hope it's, you know, really sort of obvious now that this industry is absolutely huge. So you could do jobs, like, you know, you could be a salesperson on call and selling solar panels, as I said, to residential or even businesses, you could be a much more technical sort of engineer type person and be doing the, you know, engineering designs for new wind turbine blades to make them more efficient, or, you know, cheaper or whatever it might be. You could even be a, you know, website developer for some of these, you know, companies that are, you know, trying to promote their brand and obviously need websites. You could be a programmer in the sense of, you know, blockchain and virtual power plants, which is another sort of new side to this technology where it's not just, you know, again, big old coal power plants. produce electricity.

But if you have, for instance, 10,000 homes like residential homes, and they have solar on their roof, and they have a battery in their garage, with software and you know, smart meters and things like that, in this type of technology, they can create what's called Virtual power plants where these homes essentially band together to create one big virtual power plant. And they will supply electricity, not just when it's sunny with their solar panels, but also at nighttime as well, because they have batteries. And they can also offer very quite precious sort of types of services to the grid, which other traditional power plants can't because you know, they're a lot closer to the source, they can offer frequency control, which is a very important part of the grid. And this is all sort of made possible by the internet by software, again, that building of technology on technology, as I mentioned much earlier on.

So these are just all different sorts of jobs that you could potentially get into and I hope it's really becoming clear that this is kind of, you know, the absolute biggest industry when it comes to creating jobs. Now, if you're a more conservative person and you don't really sort of want to risk a lot of job security, you know, maybe you've got a family of four and you know, you're very dependable. You've got to have a dependable income source, you might want to try and focus on that solar and wind side, two categories for this industry. They are currently a lot more built up a lot more mature type of industries, the battery industry whilst being very mature for things like laptops and phones and that sort of stuff, when it comes to sort of home residential batteries or business batteries or you know, grid scale batteries and things like that, and even, you know, to do with TVs and all electric cars, it's still, you know, it's certainly a very, very growing industry and will have a lot of potential in the future.

But, you know, it's at that earlier stage, solar and wind are very, very well developed at this point. So you might want to focus on them. If you're kind of, you know, perhaps you don't have the same way yet. And you're you have a bit more flexibility in how, you know, risky you can be with your employment, you might want to go after that battery industry and, you know, apply to Tesla or red flow or LG or something like that and get into that sort of side of the industry. So there's both camps, it doesn't sort of matter which sort of phase of your life you're in, there are both opportunities out there for you. Now, on top of all those jobs that I mentioned, and all those, you know, potential positions that you could get into, there is one other sort of category that a lot of people don't really sort of think about, you know, they see wind and solar and batteries and all that sort of information.

And they forget about the sort of interlinking technologies and one of those really important interlinking interlinking technologies is the actual inverters. So these are the pieces of equipment that actually convert DC to AC electricity or AC to DC electric And both is required because solar and wind produce electricity in a DC form direct current that needs to be translated into AC alternating current for use in generally the grid and your home and what we generally use today. So, that sort of piece of technology usually it's a big block of wire essentially, bit more complicated than that, but that's the basis of it. that technology is obviously produced by certain companies around the world. And you know, there's a lot of expertise and technical stuff that goes into that To try and make them as efficient as important as possible. You know, you don't want to put in 100 watts of DC electricity and only get out 10 watts of AC electricity, that'd be a horrible, horrible conversion rate.

You want to make it you know, as close to 100% efficient as possible. And you know, companies like Tesla are actually leading the world in their inverter technology. They do it mainly for their cars. They also have it for their batteries as well. That's another side of the equation batteries that actually store their electricity in DC form. So you need both where you might want to charge up the battery say during the middle of, you know, the night or something like that when electricity is cheap and then use it later on in the day when electricity is more expensive, you need to take that AC you know, grid torn and stored in a DC battery.

So you need to do that conversion and then it needs to convert the opposite way as well. So, these you know, AC DC converters are very, very important and are critical to the renewable industry. So I would expect as that renewable industry grows, you know, whenever they deploy a solar system or a solar plant or a wind turbine, they need to also deploy those AC and DC inverters to make that conversion into the grid. So, this is another sort of less well known industry out there but certainly an industry that I would expect to absolutely hugely grow over time. So I hope you can really see now that you know, one of the main areas for jobs in this industry is actually for people who are a lot more hands on. So previous ones that we've talked about like cybersecurity.

While there are, you know, hands on work as well, maybe you're deploying a server or installing equipment in that regard, the bulk of the work is actually done, you know, at a desk in an office talking around a computer or whatever it might pay for, you know, solar and wind and the renewable energy industry, there's actually much much more of a focus on creating jobs that are, you know, physical based that you're out on a roof, you're installing solar panels, you know, you're out in the middle of the ocean, you're installing a giant wind turbine, that sort of stuff. So for people that are more inclined and prefer this type of work, you know, they like to be outside all day. They don't want to be stuck in a cubicle. Or they like, you know, constantly going to new locations and seeing the world maybe they love being out on boats and, you know, getting to explore the ocean while they install wind turbines out there.

Or, you know, lots of different people have lots of different interests, and a lot of them can be catered For with this particular industry. So that's actually what I want to go into in our final example now, which is the case of a person that, you know, is in that, you know, dreaded cubicle life typing away on a computer. And they want to go and move outside into a totally different industry in a totally different jobs where they're actually outside and using their hands to build stuff and get their job done. So for this example, in part one, we're going to look at someone who is a taxi driver, and while they're, you know, they're not in a cubicle, per se, they are stuck in the car, they're sitting down, they're forced to sit down for you know, I have many hours of driving around, it's seen by this person has a very unhealthy lifestyle, you know, they would like to be a lot more active and what they do day to day.

And, you know, being a taxi driver, they're also quite aware of the impending autonomously driving cars and thus autonomous driving taxis as we spoke about before. So in part one, they've been doing this sort of research There's, you know, very, very quickly become aware that, you know, there are taxi driver autonomous cars coming, that's not going to be particularly good for the industry, doing a bit more research on that particular topic, they sort of estimate that it might be around, you know, maybe two or three years, depending on where you are in terms of when the technology will actually be fully developed and production ready and people will be out of buying music in, you know, a much more wider scale. So they don't have a particularly long amount of time in terms of, you know, to transition smoothly out of their current job. On top of this, they also realized that, you know, once the actual technology is rolled out that even then, you know, a can very quickly go from not being a particularly huge problem today a very, very big problem and in a very short period of time, particularly because, you know, the technology might be rolled out in two years time and nothing might happen because it's not, you know, legal yet sure the technology exists.

But in their particular city and state and country, it's not actually legal to have a car drive itself. And what that sort of creates is, perhaps they can build up the technology make it better and better, you know, build out all these autonomous cars while they're actually getting this law approved. And as soon as that law does get approved, that day that it gets approved, then, you know, bang, all those autonomous cars that they've been building, maybe in the past year can all be deployed instantaneously. And it's a very sort of sharp transition from being, you know, perfectly happy. He's got a taxi that's doing well on business as usual, to all of a sudden literally overnight having to compete with hundreds, possibly thousands of autonomous cars that may be up to 10 times cheaper than what he's actually charging. So he's made very aware of this.

He's done his research and he's, you know, very aware that this is quite a, you know, very disruptive force that he needs to actually Take account for so that's in part one. So in part two, this person, you know, they're obviously aware of the transition that's coming, that their job is probably going to be laid irrelevant very, very quickly. So they start reading up on other technologies that are actually booming and, you know, interesting to them. And one particular field that interests them in this case is solar and renewable energy. They've always seen sort of solar as a very interesting and fantastic technology and they've always wanted to get involved in it. And not just that, but you know, sitting in a car for eight hours a day behind other cars with the toxic fumes, you know, pumping into the car, you know, day after day after day.

It's seen as very, very unhealthy and he wants to really get out, you know, as I said before, do manual physical labor a bit more, get a bit more exercise, but with installing solar panels, you're also getting a lot of fresh air. So it's a very, very big difference from sitting and not really doing anything and being fed. Talk. excuse to, you know, really doing good manual labor and actually getting fresh air as well. So this is sort of decided by him as the change that he wants to make, not just going from a completely different position into a completely different industry, but the different types of work as well. So a very, very big switch in a very big change in his life.

And alongside that, he kind of realizes that, you know, what he's interested in solar panels, he doesn't really know anything about them technically, or doesn't have any qualifications to do it. But with reading up about it, he actually finds out that installing solar panels, you know, you don't actually need to be that highly qualified to do it. You do have to go through some minor qualifications and get certificates. But, you know, it's actually quite an easy process. It's not like a four year engineering degree or anything that extreme that's, you know, a week or two or a short class and maybe a test and get a certificate and then you're capable and allowed to go and install solar panels. So this is what he tried.

And focuses on. And he obviously starts looking for those types of courses and looking for those types of businesses that might start to employ. So after searching online for a few different types of courses and the information and data, he finds that he can actually go and do a five day you know, intensive course to get fully qualified to install solar panels, you know, be fully certified by his city to be able to do that. And while this is different for different cities, and states and countries around the world, it's for most places in most areas, it's actually quite a quick sort of painless thing to do. It might be two weeks or something like that, if it's a bit more in depth or slower course. But, you know, as I said, it's not a four year degree or something that's hideously expensive and takes a huge amount of time to actually do so it's a very, you know, relatively cheap and easy way to get fully certified to do a very demanding job.

And that's what he finds, you know, going through those companies and trying to submit resumes for his job. They're in a huge demand, you know, that hugely booming industry. So it really doesn't take him very long to actually find a new business and find a new job that he can actually smoothly transition into from being a taxi driver. Now, in part four, will kind of skip ahead a few years in this scenario, and you know, you can imagine what the outcome is potentially the, you know, they're getting a lot more fresh air, they're a lot healthier, they're doing a lot more, you know, physical activities, or perhaps they've lost a bit of weight as well. They're, you know, now increasing their training, maybe they're not just installing solar panels on residential roofs, but they're getting into, you know, being more qualified and installing it for major businesses and possibly even huge solar farms, you know, might have a bit more money, it's a natural progression in terms of ways and going your career, getting more and more qualified as you do the work more and more.

Looking back at the old industry of taxis, you know, it might be four or five years later and the city has finally approved You know, autonomous cars that they can drive around without anyone driving them. And it's all totally legal. You know, there might be a huge outrage and you know, lashed back from the taxi community as all these, you know, Ubers, or lists or whatever companies responsible for them as rolling out these taxi services that are basically 10 times cheaper than what a taxi might currently cost and they can't compete and they're all losing huge amounts of money. And, you know, while this isn't a particularly nice scenario for those taxi drivers, this is sort of the contrast and I really want to, you know, get across to people in that you can be in either one of these camps, you can do study, you can, you know, look at the technology that is coming to affect your industry, you can analyze it and make that smooth transition into an industry that is booming and, you know, has a bright future ahead of it.

Or you can be that person that you know, never reads out on technology because they can't be bothered You know, a quite a different fate awaits you in that sort of regard, you don't know it until it hits you on that day that your job might be made irrelevant. So these are the two sort of paths that lie ahead of you. And there's lots of different, you know, ways that you can go into different jobs might be the same job in a different industry, it might be a different job in a different industry, it might be a completely different type of work and a completely different type of role and a completely different type of industry. There's all sorts of ways that you can do this and play this strategy out, but it has the same overall effect that after you know, continuous learning about a certain topic, you know, learning about the new subject and possibly taking some short online courses or doing whatever is necessary to get yourself qualified enough to transition into that position.

Whether you take your previous experience with you or you start from absolute scratch as I demonstrated before, it doesn't particularly matter. It just results in you being employed in the future continuously, even though one of your, you know, existing industries completely may die and be disrupted by a huge amount. So I hope this is really, really clear that, you know, that old mantra of going into a job and staying there for 40 or 50 years just does not work anymore with the huge amount of technology, and you know, innovation that's coming every single year, the next 510 15 years will be absolutely amazing in terms of new technologies that get rolled out and how we advance and the way we do things will be changing. You know, previously, we've had the internet and mobile phones really sort of come online and change a huge deal of things.

Over the next sort of 510 15 years. You're looking at very big industries like cybersecurity like AI, like, you know, renewable energies replacing that entire system. You know, electronic, battery, electric cars, you know, the list goes As long as I said, it won't just be, you know, more technology, it will be an absolute flood of technology as we really sort of get all that accelerating Technology Building on itself. And it is important today that you do this continuous learning and that you're aware of these technologies. In another five years, it'll be absolutely crucial to, you know, continuous employment over the many years, it's not just about learning the new technology, it's about figuring out which technologies will actually affect your industry and how to see where the technology is going and how you can best sort of smoothly transition if that is required to continue your employment.

So this now ends you know, the formal part of the course I hope you've really enjoyed it and I haven't, you know, bored you too much with me waffling on about all this sort of technology. It is very interesting for me to talk about so I can go on a bit, but I hope I've effectively communicated the points to you that are you know, important. If you want to you know, go look At some of my other courses, I have a particular important one on how to pay off your mortgage early way you can pay off your mortgage in under 10 years. There's other ones as well, which are a little less serious, you know about how to become a fantastic drone pilot and use that technology, you know, all the way up to building your own deep learning PC. So lots of other different courses.

There's also a lot of free guides out at Alec Schulman Comm. Or you can reach me on Twitter. So thank you, again for taking this course and watching all this sort of information. I hope it's really really helped you. Now, I do have an extra section that has a bit of bonus content. This isn't part of the formal course.

But it's just a quick overview of another three separate industries or technologies that I consider to be quite important as well not as important as the other four, but still very, very important. There are also more long term things as well. So while something like renewable energy is being built out and deployed right now, these things are Bit more often the future a bit more abstract. So they are very important and I would highly suggest just having a quick listen to it just so that you're aware of them, you know, perhaps they're really, really impactful in your specific industry or maybe they're not and it's just, you know, interesting, new stuff to be aware of. But either way, it's up to you whether you listen to the next section, but thank you again for taking this course.