Numlock Sunday: Matthew Boyle on the fastest-growing job in America

By Walt Hickey

Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.

This week, I spoke to Matthew Boyle who writes under the Work Shift vertical at Bloomberg. Here's what I wrote about a recent story of his, Hottest Job in US Pays $80,000 a Year, No College Degree Needed:

The job that’s expected to experience the most growth from 2022 to 2032 is the occupation of wind turbine service tech, which is projected to grow 44.9 percent by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, narrowly edging out nurse practitioners (44.5 percent growth). Behind those two are data scientists (35.2 percent growth) and statisticians (31.6 percent growth), which sounds like good news for Numlock if I’ve ever heard it. That wind turbine tech growth will be driven by a massive scale-up in onshore wind on top of the existing 73,000 turbines across 44 states, and those new turbines all need a twice-yearly check up in addition to repairs, which will provide enough long-term maintenance work for a generation of turbine techs.

Matthew’s on…