Some may not realize it yet, but this recent outbreak, whatever your opinion of it, is going to create massive changes and opportunities in the near future.

Undoubtedly you have noticed that across the globe governments have not only encouraged, but by now basically made mandatory to work from home, follow digital classes and not go outside "unnecessarily". These changes have already made an impact on people's perception of remote work and education. I have even seen academics warning people of the supposed dangers of prolonged homeschooling, however absurd this may sound, it is understandable because the current education system is their bread and butter and they need some of that good old PR.

By the time this crisis is over, or a little later, we will see a shift towards systems that will allow people (and companies) to do things more efficiently, and this will include work & education but undoubtedly far more.

Many 9-5 jobs will become "work anytime" jobs, office jobs will become "work anywhere" jobs, we will see a surge in solopreneurs, companies will start focusing on outputs instead of inputs, the old and ineffective (e.g. e-mail) will be replaced by e-tools. -@leoncastilloVC

The automation industry will see a steeper growth than previously anticipated and this pandemic is possibly the largest boost to the mainstream adoption of a new system of employment.

Why? Because this crisis has revealed many things that aren't working properly (anymore) and by paying attention to these inefficiencies you can innovate to overcome and profit from them. The simplest and surest way to create wealth in the coming decade will be the ability to see things others don't and bring creative solutions to the table that add value & fix what isn't working properly. All those times your manager told you the job could not be done remotely, all those university courses that couldn't be taught online, and every time the government had no budget for X, all lies. This crisis has exposed things that were already common sense to many.

Do not be mistaken, however, that this crisis will soon be over, because when the pandemic is, it doesn't actually mean that the crisis is over. If we take a look at the financial markets today, we can see massive panic sells and many will be fooled that it's a good time to buy. Do not get me wrong, prices on many stocks are very attractive right now and undoubtedly you can profit from them if you hold long term buys in solid companies today or sell in time with the next bull run. But we can also anticipate that the following spike will be cut short by the skyrocketing unemployment and with it another crash. Because companies will speed up change to automation in order to save costs which will lead to massive unemployment.

The tech industry is relatively unhurt by this crisis and employees can work from home easily, are less replaceable and needed to create this future of automation.

Being in an industry that is less affected & being on the lookout of how you can creatively solve companies' problems (with automation for example) that have risen under the current circumstances is a solid way of staying relevant in today's marketplace.