By Laju Arenyeka

One man’s meat, they say is another’s poison. The same is true for today’s global world. While the technological revolution is unarguably rejuvenating businesses and economies across the globe, it has put some careers out of business-or at least completely changed the way some careers are run. Glamtech takes a look at some of these professions:

* Photography
Flashback to a few years ago when you wanted to take a family photo; everyone would dress up and troop to the studio. Depending on the time of the day, you would meet a long queue and wait your turn. Then you would excitedly smile at the old camera.

Sometimes, the camera would be out of film, and you would have to wait for the photographer to reload. After the picture has been taken, you would have to wait days before it is developed and you’re given the hard copy. Today, all the dark rooms needed to process films belong to the dark ages. Thanks to modern digital cameras and phones, you can literally take a family photo and see the results in the blink of an eye.

* Media and advertising
Until recently, advertising was defined by newspapers and magazines, radio and television. But today, a brand or individual can be famous simply by being active on the internet. Despite numerous prophecies of a soon coming woeful ending, newspapers and magazines are still in print. However, the smart ones are also present in the online sphere, competing with bloggers just as many television stations have an online base competing with Youtubers.

* Libraries
You’ve probably heard the phrase: ‘If you want to hide something from a black man, keep it in a book.” So it might not be totally accurate to say that the dearth of libraries across the country is to be placed solely at the feet of the digital revolution. But it might be safe to say that people are visiting physical libraries less and less because of their access to Google. This might not necessarily be a bad thing, as libraries and librarians who understand the changing trends are expanding their scope to become centres for learning resources, providing learning materiala whether digital or hardcopy.

* Typists and Word Processors
The typewriter has already been relegated to the museum and Nigerian courthouses. Today’s typists now type, edit and save on the computer. But this is still an endangered career, with some analysts calling it one of the five jobs that won’t exist in ten years.