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Jameskrob
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Industries with a Growing Dev/Programming Community

Now I get it, that title is kind of misleading, because as we march into the future the need for more advance and more intuitive technology is becoming more pervasive in every industry. There are a few that have been lagging or have made slow improvements which are starting to invest in advancements which if you are paying attention, you will be able to be in at the ground floor.

E-Sports
This seems to be one of the more obvious answers because E-Sports is an emerging industry anyway that is only made possible by newer streaming and gaming advances anyway. The fact that this is the case means that they will be quickly looking to lean into very advanced programming and development especially in the form of big data, cloud computing, advance analytics and most all of that from mobile. The E-Sports industry is evolving more and more every day into the VR and even augmented reality spaces. Those with this knowledge even just a little bit will be in much higher demand as the industry as a whole is pushed forward.

Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation
Sure, software has been used in taxes and bookkeeping for decades. In many cases however the kind of software they are using is about as advanced as some modern calculators. It is really only good for basic calculations and storage. There is a very real push for AI to be integrated into the daily lives use of the finance and tax industry. AI has been able to handle many of the mundane tasks that highly qualified tax preparation professionals highly qualified tax preparation professionals are still spending hours doing. This allows many of them to spend their time as consultants and advisors and giving their true expertise for their clients.

Agriculture
An unexpected up and comer in these advancements is the agriculture industry. They are actively hiring programmers to build machine learning tools and practices to try and maximize crop yields and the profits for the farmers. They are also making strides in minimizing the usage of harmful but necessary pesticides. There has even been implementation of sensors, regressions, computer vision, satellite imagery, and algorithms. These have given insight into which land is the most fertile, optimal water levels, accurate weather prediction, ideal windows for planting and so much more

Research and Development
R&D is one of those areas which can most benefit from serious programming advances. Advanced programmers will be in high demand for innovative products labs, research groups and rising businesses. There are many organizations that are willing to pay to have a competitive edge in a newer market niche or need to reinvent themselves at the top of their industry to boost growth. It is only a matter of time before research and development teams everywhere will be leaning on programming to provide a breakthrough for the company. This is a little vaguer because almost any industry and even individual companies can have research and development departments looking for advancement, innovation, and breakthroughs.

Travel
Another unexpected industry that is quickly moving into a new generation of innovation is the world of travel. With the maturation of the International Air and Transport Association’s new distribution capabilities the whole sector is advancing. Particularly airlines, air consolidators all the way to travel agencies have an ever-growing need for new software development. Companies are will develop against the extensible-markup-language-based standard to transmit relevant, rich content for booking tools. This makes for greater transparency and product differentiation. If you think about it. The whole industry is filled with constantly moving parts and there are multiple data sources that are constantly communicating with each other and it needs to be fast and real time all the time.

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