What do you think the next ‘Banking’ / ‘PE’ is?

*ASSUMING AVERAGE WSO MONKEY BEHAVIOUR*
 

If you could go back 40 years, most people would pick up a job in banking. 
 

20 years would be PE.

What industry/role do you think people 10/20 years in the future will look back on and ‘wish’ they were here for? I feel like the thing recently has been quantitative prop trading, but not sure how the future will affect it.

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