Video Tech Job Gold Rush?

Posted on February 14, 2007

If you have tech skills and you are familiar with online video, embedding video or video editing you might be in luck. Valleywag says coders with video knowledge should be in demand during this "online video gold rush."

Forget coming up with a new killer app -- the most profitable tech job right now has to be video. You got studio Lionsgate signing an iTunes distribution deal with Apple, existing old-media and online powerhouses building out video content creation studios, and everyone from Viacom to Myspace hoping to create Youtube-killers. Anyone who can help post Flash video should be able to write their own ticket on either coast.

Many video sites are launching and many major media companies are aggresively pursuing video content deals. Amateur video filmmakers may also see more job demand as more companies look to have videos made to promote their products and new media companies launch video blogs and online shows.