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21st Century Jobs.

Every job hung as a painting. Press any painting and it turns to show the teaching behind it — and, in the Vocational/Technical Hall, the door to the VoTechWorks program that trains for it. Press again and the art returns. The gold tag on each painting is the pay range — US figures, entry-level to experienced (BLS 2024).

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22Vocational/Technical Hall
22Robot-Proof Jobs
11Future Jobs
16College Careers

Vocational/Technical Hall

Electrician — art piece Electrician $48k–$105k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Electrician

Power, safely delivered.
What we teachCircuits begin on our own lab tables — the electricity kits of the physics bench. Then code, conduit, load, and the discipline of doing it right.
The 21st centuryThe century electrifies everything: grids, vehicles, solar roofs, heat pumps. Every one of them needs hands that wire.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Electrical →
Plumber — art piece Plumber $46k–$105k/yr ↻
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Plumber

Water in, waste out, life runs.
What we teachPressure, flow, and materials from the physics bench; then fixtures, venting, and the systems hidden in every wall.
The 21st centuryInfrastructure renewal is the work of a generation — and no robot sweats a joint under a sink.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Plumbing & Pipefitting →
Welder — art piece Welder $40k–$75k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Welder

Two metals, one seam.
What we teachHeat and metallurgy from the lab; geometry of the bead; safety as a first language.
The 21st centuryShipyards, pipelines, bridges, fabrication — the rebuilt American industrial base runs on the arc.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Shipbuilder — art piece Shipbuilder $42k–$82k/yr ↻
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Shipbuilder

The nation is ordering ships.
What we teachNaval architecture in miniature — hull, frame, displacement — and the whole ecosystem of trades a shipyard employs.
The 21st centuryGigantic new shipyards are ordered to outfit new naval vessels desperately needed by the United States Navy. This card shows them.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Shipbuilding / Marine Fabrication →
Lineman — art piece Lineman $60k–$120k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Lineman

The grid, kept alive by hand.
What we teachElectricity at scale, climbing and rigging discipline, storm response as public service.
The 21st centuryEvery added megawatt is a job at the top of a pole.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Carpenter — art piece Carpenter $42k–$85k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Carpenter

Wood, measured twice.
What we teachGeometry made physical — framing, finish, and the mathematics of the cut list.
The 21st centuryHousing the century requires framers; prefabrication still ends at a human hand.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Carpentry →
Mason — art piece Mason $42k–$85k/yr ↻
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Mason

Stone outlives us all.
What we teachLoads and materials science; the craft of brick, block, and mortar.
The 21st centuryThe oldest trade is still unautomated — walls are laid one hand at a time.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Masonry →
HVAC technician — art piece HVAC technician $44k–$90k/yr ↻
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HVAC technician

Comfort is an engineered thing.
What we teachThermodynamics from the heat kits; refrigeration cycles; the electrification of heating.
The 21st centuryHeat pumps are the century's appliance — millions installed, each by a technician.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: HVAC/R →
Auto technician — art piece Auto technician $38k–$78k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Auto technician

Machines that carry everyone.
What we teachMechanics, electricity, and diagnostics — the car is now a computer on wheels.
The 21st centuryEV fleets change the work but not the need: hands on the vehicle.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Auto Body & Collision →
Machinist — art piece Machinist $42k–$78k/yr ↻
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Machinist

Tolerance: one thousandth of an inch.
What we teachMeasurement from the metrology drawer; then lathes, mills, and CNC programming.
The 21st centuryReshored manufacturing is a machinist shortage in waiting.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: CNC Machining →
Diesel mechanic — art piece Diesel mechanic $46k–$85k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Diesel mechanic

Everything heavy moves by diesel.
What we teachEngines as applied physics — compression, combustion, hydraulics.
The 21st centuryFreight, farms, and construction run on iron that someone must keep running.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Elevator Mechanic (pre-apprentice) →
Elevator technician — art piece Elevator technician $70k–$135k/yr ↻
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Elevator technician

The best-paid trade in America, no degree required.
What we teachMechanics, hydraulics, and electricity from the physics bench; then the code and the craft of the shaft.
The 21st centuryEvery tall building is a promise someone must keep. Cities grow up, not out.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Elevator Mechanic (pre-apprentice) →
Wind-turbine technician — art piece Wind-turbine technician $50k–$85k/yr ↻
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Wind-turbine technician

The fastest-growing job in the country.
What we teachMechanics and electricity; work at height; the physics of the blade.
The 21st centuryThe grid of the century is built one tower at a time, by hand.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Wind Turbine Technician →
Solar installer — art piece Solar installer $40k–$70k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Solar installer

Roofs become power plants.
What we teachCircuits, angles, and load from our own tables; then racking, wiring, and inspection.
The 21st centuryMillions of roofs wait. Panels do not install themselves.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Solar / PV Installation →
Aircraft mechanic — art piece Aircraft mechanic $55k–$105k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Aircraft mechanic

Certified hands keep the fleet flying.
What we teachEngines, hydraulics, materials — airframe and powerplant certification is trade school with wings.
The 21st centuryAir fleets double while the mechanic corps retires. The shortage is the opportunity.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Elevator Mechanic (pre-apprentice) →
Heavy-equipment operator — art piece Heavy-equipment operator $45k–$90k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Heavy-equipment operator

One seat moves a mountain.
What we teachLevers, hydraulics, and grade; simulation first, iron second.
The 21st centuryEvery project of the rebuilding century begins with moved earth.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Heavy Equipment Operation →
Ironworker — art piece Ironworker $45k–$100k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Ironworker

The skeleton of every skyline.
What we teachStatics from the mechanics table; rigging, bolting, walking steel.
The 21st centuryTowers, bridges, and plants — the frame is still raised by crews.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Truck driver — art piece Truck driver $42k–$80k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Truck driver

Everything you own rode a truck.
What we teachLogistics, logs, and the discipline of the long haul; CDL as the ticket.
The 21st centuryAutomation talks; freight still needs a human at the wheel and the dock.
Will it last?Wheels stay human longer than the pundits claim — and fleets still need drivers, dispatchers, and the dock.
Train for it: Diesel & Heavy Truck →
Chef — art piece Chef $40k–$95k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Chef

A trade you can taste.
What we teachChemistry and heat from the lab bench, applied deliciously; costs, crews, and the line.
The 21st centuryHospitality only grows — and no algorithm plates a dish.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Firefighter — art piece Firefighter $42k–$95k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Firefighter

Runs toward what others flee.
What we teachFire science is chemistry and physics under pressure; fitness, rescue, and command.
The 21st centuryClimate lengthens the fire season. The century calls more of them.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Firefighting / Public Safety →
Paramedic — art piece Paramedic $40k–$75k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Paramedic

The emergency room that comes to you.
What we teachAnatomy from the ST17 table; pharmacology, protocol, and calm.
The 21st centuryFirst response cannot be outsourced or automated. Ever.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: EMT / Paramedic →
Robotics technician — art piece Robotics technician $48k–$90k/yr ↻
Vocational/Technical Hall

Robotics technician

Keeps the machines honest.
What we teachOur robotics major from the floor up — motors, sensors, code, repair.
The 21st centuryEvery automated plant creates the job that maintains the automation.
Will it last?Durable — skilled hands on real material do not automate.
Train for it: Robotics / Mechatronics →

Robot-Proof Jobs

Hairdresser — art piece Hairdresser $26k–$60k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Hairdresser

No machine holds scissors like a hand.
What we teachCraft, chemistry of color, and the small business built on a chair.
The 21st centuryHand-touch work is the safest ground in an automating century.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Barber — art piece Barber $28k–$65k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Barber

A chair, a mirror, a neighborhood.
What we teachThe razor's craft and the shop's economics — a trade and a community institution at once.
The 21st centuryAutomation does not shave faces. The barber stays.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Teacher — art piece Teacher $48k–$95k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Teacher

The job this school exists to honor.
What we teachEverything — because a teacher must know how knowing works. Judgment, patience, and the art of the explainable.
The 21st centurySocial media companies are the tobacco companies of this century — addiction by intention, the scroll made infinite. Machines drill and feeds hook; only humans teach. The century will need more teachers, not fewer.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Childcare worker — art piece Childcare worker $26k–$42k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Childcare worker

The first classroom is a lap.
What we teachChild development as a science; care as a discipline with standards.
The 21st centuryWorking families are the economy — childcare is its load-bearing wall.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Elder-care worker — art piece Elder-care worker $28k–$45k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Elder-care worker

Dignity, delivered daily.
What we teachThe science of aging bodies and minds; the practice of patient, present care.
The 21st centuryThe longest-lived generation in history is arriving. Someone must be there.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Gerontologist — art piece Gerontologist $60k–$120k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Gerontologist

The science of the aging century.
What we teachBiology of aging from the ST17 medicine table; demography, longevity science, and the systems an old world needs.
The 21st centuryBy mid-century, one in five humans is over 65. Gerontology is not a specialty — it is the century's central science. This card is giant because the need is.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Nurse — art piece Nurse $65k–$130k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Nurse

The hand on the rail at 3 a.m.
What we teachAnatomy, pharmacology, and the science of care; associate-degree doors exist.
The 21st centuryThe aging century needs millions more. Presence is the job.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Veterinary technician — art piece Veterinary technician $35k–$60k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Veterinary technician

Patients who cannot say where it hurts.
What we teachAnimal biology from the bench; handling, lab work, and mercy.
The 21st centuryPets and herds multiply; the hands that hold them do not automate.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Massage therapist — art piece Massage therapist $35k–$80k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Massage therapist

Healing, by definition, by hand.
What we teachAnatomy and physiology applied through touch; a practice built on trust.
The 21st centuryHand-touch work — the doctrine category itself.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Coach — art piece Coach $35k–$95k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Coach

Someone who believes in you, professionally.
What we teachKinesiology, psychology, and the craft of the practice plan.
The 21st centuryMachines measure; only humans motivate.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Social worker — art piece Social worker $45k–$85k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Social worker

Society, one case at a time.
What we teachHuman systems, law, and the discipline of advocacy.
The 21st centuryThe safety net is woven by people, not software.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Midwife — art piece Midwife $90k–$160k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Midwife

The oldest robot-proof job on earth.
What we teachAnatomy, physiology, and the ancient practice made rigorous.
The 21st centuryEvery generation arrives the same way — into human hands.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Sales executive — art piece Sales executive $60k–$180k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Sales executive

Nothing happens until somebody sells something.
What we teachPersuasion with honesty — the economics of a deal, the ethics of the pitch, the discipline of the follow-up.
The 21st centuryTrust is a human transaction. Robots recommend; people close.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Real-estate agent — art piece Real-estate agent $35k–$130k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Real-estate agent

Homes are sold on a handshake.
What we teachMarkets and property from the economics bench; the neighborhood read on foot, not from a feed.
The 21st centuryThe largest purchase of a life will always want a human guide beside it.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Company president — art piece Company president $120k–$400k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Company president

Someone must decide.
What we teachLeadership, accounts, and responsibility for other people's livelihoods — the weight of the desk.
The 21st centuryJudgment under uncertainty is the least automatable act there is.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Entrepreneur — art piece Entrepreneur $30k–$250k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Entrepreneur

Invents her own job.
What we teachFrom idea to ledger — the whole school folded into one occupation.
The 21st centuryNew businesses are how the century surprises itself. No machine starts one.
Will it last?Durable by definition — presence, touch, and trust are the job.
Airline pilot — art piece Airline pilot $100k–$300k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Airline pilot

Two hundred lives trust the front seat.
What we teachFlight physics from the bench; navigation, weather, and the discipline of the checklist.
The 21st centuryA certification path, not a college gate — the sky hires on skill and hours.
Will it last?Autopilot flies the cruise; humans own the takeoff, the landing, and the emergency. Passengers will demand it for decades.
Police officer — art piece Police officer $50k–$110k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Police officer

A helper, sworn.
What we teachLaw, de-escalation, and the civic compact; fitness and judgment trained together.
The 21st centuryCommunities are kept safe by people who know them — presence is the work.
Will it last?Cameras watch; only humans protect and serve. The badge stays human.
Journalist — art piece Journalist $38k–$100k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Journalist

The first draft of history.
What we teachWriting, sourcing, and the ethics of the byline; verification as a craft taught at the bench.
The 21st centuryAI floods the world with words. Someone must still find out what is true and sign their name to it.
Will it last?Machines write copy; they cannot witness. The byline that stood there stays human.
Investigative reporter — art piece Investigative reporter $45k–$120k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Investigative reporter

Finds what someone buried.
What we teachDocuments, records, and patience — the follow-the-money discipline; sequence-of-events forensics applied to power.
The 21st centuryPower still needs watching, and the watchers still need years, sources, and nerve.
Will it last?The more the machines generate, the more the world pays for a human who digs.
Mayor — art piece Mayor $40k–$250k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Mayor

The city answers to someone.
What we teachCivics as a practice role — student government, the model city hall, budgets that must balance.
The 21st centuryThe estate studies cities; someone must govern them. Presence, trust, and the town meeting stay human.
Will it last?No algorithm gets elected. Civic judgment is the last unautomated office.
Author — art piece Author $30k–$120k/yr ↻
Robot-Proof Jobs

Author

The voice that lived it.
What we teachThe writing component on every table, grown to book length; the author rooms hold the masters.
The 21st centuryMachines imitate voices. Readers still come for the one that was actually there.
Will it last?Text is cheap now; a trusted human voice has never been worth more.

Future Jobs

Drone operator — art piece Drone operator $45k–$95k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Drone operator

A pilot's license for the low sky.
What we teachFlight physics from the bench; regulation, mapping, inspection.
The 21st centuryAgriculture, delivery, inspection, cinema — the low sky is hiring.
Will it last?Growing — the century is still inventing this work.
Robot-fleet supervisor — art piece Robot-fleet supervisor $65k–$130k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Robot-fleet supervisor

One human, fifty machines.
What we teachRobotics major plus judgment: exceptions, ethics, and the off switch.
The 21st centuryAutomation does not remove the human; it promotes her.
Will it last?Growing — the century is still inventing this work.
AI auditor — art piece AI auditor $90k–$180k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

AI auditor

Checks the machines' work.
What we teachOur AI-integrity doctrine as a career: verification, bias-hunting, accountability.
The 21st centuryEvery consequential algorithm will be required to answer to someone.
Will it last?Growing — the century is still inventing this work.
Fusion plant technician — art piece Fusion plant technician $65k–$120k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Fusion plant technician

Tends the bottled star.
What we teachPlasma is physics; the plant is a trade. Both begin at our tables.
The 21st centuryIf the century keeps its energy promise, these are its hands.
Will it last?Growing — the century is still inventing this work.
Battery & recycling technician — art piece Battery & recycling technician $42k–$80k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Battery & recycling technician

The circular grid's craftsman.
What we teachChemistry of the cell; the economics of nothing wasted.
The 21st centuryEvery EV and grid pack retires into a second life someone must build.
Will it last?Growing — the century is still inventing this work.
Vertical farmer — art piece Vertical farmer $38k–$80k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Vertical farmer

Agriculture moves downtown.
What we teachThe living collections table scaled to a tower: light, water, yield.
The 21st centuryCities that grow their own food — farming becomes an urban trade.
Will it last?Growing — the century is still inventing this work.
Space-launch technician — art piece Space-launch technician $60k–$120k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Space-launch technician

The new shipyards point up.
What we teachPropulsion is chemistry and physics; the pad crew is a trade crew.
The 21st centuryA launch cadence measured in days needs ground hands in thousands.
Will it last?Growing — the century is still inventing this work.
Bionics technician — art piece Bionics technician $50k–$95k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Bionics technician

Medicine meets machining.
What we teachST17 anatomy plus the machinist's tolerance — limbs, implants, fit.
The 21st centuryThe mending of bodies becomes a fabrication trade.
Will it last?Growing — the century is still inventing this work.
Biotech technician — art piece Biotech technician $45k–$85k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Biotech technician

Life itself becomes an instrument.
What we teachBiology bench to gene bench — pipettes, cultures, sequencing, and the ethics we insist upon.
The 21st centuryMedicine, agriculture, and materials are being rewritten in living code.
Will it last?Here to stay and growing fast — biology is the century's manufacturing.
Astronaut — art piece Astronaut $105k–$165k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Astronaut

The farthest job from home.
What we teachEverything on every wall at once — physics, biology, engineering, and nerve.
The 21st centuryLaunch cadence rises, stations multiply, the Moon is a worksite again. The corps will grow.
Will it last?Rarer than any job on these walls and more certain than most: machines scout, humans settle.
Cybersecurity defender — art piece Cybersecurity defender $80k–$170k/yr ↻
Future Jobs

Cybersecurity defender

The locksmith of the digital city.
What we teachCapture-the-flag exercises; how systems break, and the ethics of defending them.
The 21st centuryEvery institution now has doors that never close. Someone must guard them all night.
Will it last?Attackers use AI; defenders must too. The arms race guarantees the job.

College Careers

Physician — art piece Physician $200k–$400k/yr ↻
College Careers

Physician

Medicine begins at a lab table.
What we teachOur dissection tutorials, the electronic torso, the human wall — the pre-med spine starts in K-12.
The 21st centuryA separate, valuable pipeline: four-year institutions, then graduate medicine.
Will it last?Endures, but AI becomes the junior partner — judgment stays human.
Engineer — art piece Engineer $75k–$160k/yr ↻
College Careers

Engineer

The made world has makers.
What we teachMathematics through the geometry and mechanics tables; the engineering museum shows where it leads.
The 21st centuryDegree-track by design — and our vocational wall shows its siblings in the trades.
Will it last?Endures, but AI becomes the junior partner — judgment stays human.
Research scientist — art piece Research scientist $70k–$150k/yr ↻
College Careers

Research scientist

Someone must ask the next question.
What we teachThe whole museum is the apprenticeship: hypothesis, instrument, notebook.
The 21st centuryGraduate institutions in any scientific specialty — the pipe stays open and honored.
Will it last?Endures, but AI becomes the junior partner — judgment stays human.
Architect — art piece Architect $65k–$140k/yr ↻
College Careers

Architect

Buildings begin as drawings.
What we teachGeometry and drafting from the geometry table; the engineering museum shows the built result.
The 21st centuryCities densify and retrofit — the century redraws itself.
Will it last?Endures, but AI becomes the junior partner — judgment stays human.
Veterinarian — art piece Veterinarian $85k–$170k/yr ↻
College Careers

Veterinarian

Doctor of every species but one.
What we teachThe biology bench and the living collections table are the first clinic.
The 21st centuryFood security and animal medicine both run through this degree.
Will it last?Endures, but AI becomes the junior partner — judgment stays human.
Pharmacist — art piece Pharmacist $115k–$160k/yr ↻
College Careers

Pharmacist

Chemistry with a patient attached.
What we teachThe chemistry tables are the front porch of pharmacology.
The 21st centuryAn aging century swallows more medicine; someone must steward it.
Will it last?The counting automates; the stewardship of medicine in aging bodies does not.
AI engineer — art piece AI engineer $110k–$250k/yr ↻
College Careers

AI engineer

Builds the century's strangest tools.
What we teachMathematics, computing from ST11, and the ethics we insist upon.
The 21st centuryThe defining technology of the age — built by people who understand it deeply.
Will it last?The strangest outlook on the wall: this job builds its own successor and supervises it.
Urban planner — art piece Urban planner $60k–$115k/yr ↻
College Careers

Urban planner

Cities are decisions, not accidents.
What we teachOur own science — the estate studies cities. Maps, density, transit, and the vertical push of downtowns.
The 21st centuryTwo-thirds of humanity will live in cities. Someone must plan them well.
Will it last?Endures, but AI becomes the junior partner — judgment stays human.
GIS cartographer — art piece GIS cartographer $55k–$105k/yr ↻
College Careers

GIS cartographer

The map is the argument.
What we teachCartography and GIS — the estate's own instruments; data made spatial, spatial made visible.
The 21st centuryEvery planning fight, supply chain, and climate model runs on maps.
Will it last?Maps multiply as AI reads them — the cartographer becomes the editor of what machines draw.
Robotics engineer — art piece Robotics engineer $80k–$160k/yr ↻
College Careers

Robotics engineer

Designs what the technician keeps alive.
What we teachThe far end of our robotics major — mechanics, computing, control theory.
The 21st centuryThe automating century is designed by someone. Why not our students.
Will it last?Endures, but AI becomes the junior partner — judgment stays human.
Software developer — art piece Software developer $85k–$200k/yr ↻
College Careers

Software developer

Writes the century's instructions.
What we teachComputing from ST11, mathematics, and the discipline of the debugged mind.
The 21st centuryEvery industry now ships software; the language of work is code.
Will it last?The job survives but transforms utterly: AI writes the routine code, humans architect, verify, and decide what should be built.
Naval officer — art piece Naval officer $60k–$150k/yr ↻
College Careers

Naval officer

The fleet the shipbuilders build needs commanders.
What we teachNavigation, leadership, and the physics of the sea; the academy path runs through mathematics.
The 21st centuryNew hulls are ordered by the dozen — every one sails under an officer's watch.
Will it last?As long as the nation keeps a Navy, it will commission its best. The fleet grows; so does the wardroom.
Oceanographer — art piece Oceanographer $60k–$130k/yr ↻
College Careers

Oceanographer

Master of the uncharted source.
What we teachThe living collections table opens onto the sea: currents, chemistry, and the organisms of the deep.
The 21st centuryWe have mapped the Moon better than the ocean floor. The vastness of the sea is the century's frontier next door.
Will it last?Most of the planet is still unexplored ocean. This job has barely begun.
Attorney — art piece Attorney $80k–$250k/yr ↻
College Careers

Attorney

Argument, sworn to rules.
What we teachMock trial from the early grades — evidence, procedure, and the discipline of persuading fairly.
The 21st centuryAI drafts the brief; the human stands before the judge and answers for it.
Will it last?Routine filings automate; advocacy, judgment, and the oath do not.
Genetic counselor — art piece Genetic counselor $75k–$120k/yr ↻
College Careers

Genetic counselor

Biotech's human face.
What we teachST17 medicine and the biology bench, plus the hardest skill: explaining fate kindly.
The 21st centuryGenomes are read for pennies now; families need a human to sit with the results.
Will it last?The sequencing automates; the counseling is the job.
Museum curator — art piece Museum curator $45k–$95k/yr ↻
College Careers

Museum curator

The keeper of the walls.
What we teachStudents practice this daily — the school IS a museum; collection, caption, and care.
The 21st centuryEvery institution becomes a story someone must tend and tell.
Will it last?Objects and archives multiply; judgment about what matters stays human.