Robert Reich and Symbolic Analysts

Reich uses the term of 'symbolic analysts' to describe what he feels one of the three main job classifications of the future will be. The symbolic analysts will be someone who is a problem identifier, a problem solver, or an innovator who can visualize new uses of existing technologies. This class of workers includes scientists, engineers, and other scientific or technical specialties as well as marketers, investors, some types of lawyers, developers and a wide variety of consultants.
The symbolic analysts will have a high level of education, both in the classroom and on the job experi…