The job market is a recycling machine—creating new jobs, sometimes stemming from the destruction of the old ones. Word processors, typists, telephone operators, and proofreaders are largely a thing of the past now. Meanwhile, a vast number of high-paying jobs that are commonplace today— computer/systems managers, computer software engineers, and financial advisors and analysts— didn’t exist 30 years ago. This trend will continue as robotic technology advances, particularly when it comes to back-office jobs that require less of the “human touch.”