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We have see a large shift in the way we, certainly in the Western world, work over the last few years.
In fact in the last two years the types of Online Jobs has increased exponentially. The thesis of an internet business being something different from “normal” work now seems unrealistic, online jobs and internet business has become the norm.There is no question that although traditional businesses are still in the vast majority it is now acceptable both socially and in a business context to own, operate or just work for an Internet Business.
The concept that most of us struggle with is connecting the computer world with the real, aren’t they completely separate? Aren’t internet business opportunities really limited to idea based services and eBay?
Actually no, with the progress in cyberspace during the last few years, 3D printing is now a reality and, as the product lifecycle enters the maturity phase, the price of these machines is falling to be within the reach of small businesses.The technology to be able to model physical materials from virtual (software based) designs means that anybody can have what is in essence a factory in their back bedroom. In theory this would allow production to be offered by workers who Work From Home.
Think about that for a while .. as markets become more available, more people will be able to work from home, run their own internet business and online jobs will be the norm. Anybody will be to set up a tool making concern for the home DIY market based on how they think tools should look. There will be small markets maybe, and probably not challenging to the big DIY stores but an opportunity nevertheless.
You may dispute that not everybody has the wherewithal to run an internet business producing construction designs for manufacturing, and that is no doubt the case. However the mutual idea will work in the cyber world as well as it did in the early days of retailing in the real world. There will be an army of keen helpers who will help the internet business entrepreneurs, probably for free, in the same way as Linux was helped, or Wikipedia or any other of the open source collaborative applications that are currently in progress.
There is no doubt we will see, actually are seeing, an explosion in the number of people who will work from home running an internet business and assisting companies who are providing online jobs for a growing number of people. Once the bulk of people appreaciate the power of linking real world production with virtual internet business then we will see another considerable shift in the amount of people who work from home and have online jobs.