Развитие технологии и техники в первую очередь aimed at improving and facilitating the life of each of us. But at the same time, this is the cause of the disappearance of a number of crafts. Disappeared professions - this is the work that was previously performed by specially trained people, but now it does not make sense at all or is done with the help of technology.
The disappearance of professions - is this normal?
If you think logically, it becomes clearthat such processes in the structure of professions are quite natural. In no case should not take the disappearance of professions as a destructive factor, as a result of which many people become unemployed. It is important to remember that the old professions that have disappeared, necessarily change the new specialties, more modern, relevant and in demand for the social system. Sometimes there is a direct replacement of the craft, for example, the ancient profession of the coppersmith is reborn as the profession of electric and gas welder, the once popular work of the newspaper peddler is becoming less and less popular, and you can put in its place the recent work of the promoter.
The most ancient professions that have disappeared
What are the oldest professions that have disappeared?The list of such crafts, gone into non-existence, is quite long. The disappearance of professions is a permanent, systematic process that does not attract the attention of the masses. Today we don’t think about what professions disappeared several centuries ago, and we can’t even be aware of their existence.
List of forgotten professions
- Pied Piper. One of the terrible problems of the Middle Ages were rats.As you guessed, people called rat-catchers bravely fought the scourge. Representatives of this profession, despite all their usefulness, were not very revered in society. Each rat catcher had his own methods of rodent control and tried to advertise himself better in order to beat the competition.
- Ice Maker - this is an extremely difficult and dangerous profession,risky for life. The tool ice cutters were long saws with a load under water. The ice was cut by longitudinal bars, which were called "boars". Further, these "boars" were supplied to the settlements and were quite a hot commodity.
- Spitter engaged in planting turnips. The name of the profession gave a specific method of sowing small seeds of this plant.
- Mourners and screaming were learning the craft of crying since childhood. Not a single ritual event in Russia could do without them. The more complaining and shrill the mourner could moan, the higher the reward for her labors.
- Buffoon - their professional duties were the entertainment of ordinary people on the streets of cities. The reason for the disappearance of this profession was not technical progress, but a change in the social structure of society.
- Man alarm clock - from the name it is already becoming clear whatengaged in the people of this profession. At the time when the alarm clock was not invented, it was also not advisable to be late for work. For this, a special person knocked on the windows, announcing the arrival of the morning. Sometimes this function was performed by janitors.
- Executioner - now you will not meet people of this rare profession because of their uselessness in the current social system.
Each of these specialties seems to usstrange and ridiculous. It is hard to imagine a hangman in the modern world who makes a resume, or a mourner who advertises his services. But at one time they were quite popular specialists.
What professions did not become in the last century
These crafts are closer and familiar to us. They do not seem so absurd, but still do not fit into the realities of modern society.
- Lamplighter. Remembering the missing professions, it is impossible not to pay attention to the people who gave light. Their main task - to light the lights at dusk.
- Cab - the person operating the horse carriage. Previously, it was the only way to get to your destination as quickly as possible. In the modern world, an analogue of this profession can be called a driver.
- Counter - specially trained people who performedcomplex mathematical calculations using the only available at the time "gadget" - accounts. Mostly women were engaged in this business, as they are more attentive and collected.
- Reader – очень познавательная профессия.In factories and factories, where people had been busy with monotonous work for hours, there was a person who entertained them with reading newspapers, fiction and poetry. Often readers were hired for the money collected by the team.
Disappeared professions over the past 10 years
Говорят: «жизнь становится быстрее».Probably, in connection with this change in the structure of specialties more noticeable. We can easily remember a lot of examples of professions that disappear right before our eyes. Disappeared professions in Russia over the past decade:
- Knife Grinder - in principle, such a profession still exists, butYou can't find its representatives in the afternoon with fire, they have become so rare. The unpretentious knives made of quality steel, which can serve for a long time, and they are much cheaper, have come into fashion.
- Shoe Cleaner - a long time ago they could be seen at every intersection of the main streets of cities and towns. Later, shoe cleaners were engaged in their business mainly in special workshops.
- Telephonist, Telegraphist - seemingly quite recently receive telegrams onMail seemed to us commonplace. And how nice it was to hear the voice of the girl telephonist, waiting for the connection with the subscriber. Now everything is in the past. The role of the lovely representatives of these professions can replace a functional smartphone. We managed to learn not all the missing professions. This list is getting longer with each decade.
Is it possible to predict something
Analyzing information about which professionsdisappeared and what events provoked such a disappearance, you can make an assumption about how things will continue in the structure of crafts. The beginning of the extinction of certain specialties is so obvious that it is not even necessary to be an expert to draw the appropriate conclusions.
Professions that will disappear by 2020
This information is not 100% accurate, butstill no one can doubt that these specialties will soon cease to exist. Already, they are losing their former relevance, becoming less in demand, and after 2020, they will most likely be transferred to the category of “disappeared professions”.
- Postman - a profession, doomed to extinction. With the advent of the Internet, newspapers and magazines have lost their former popularity, and we receive 90% of letters by email.
- Travel agent - information on places of recreation becomes publicly available, planning of tourist trips does not require any additional resources and becomes accessible to everyone.
- Librarian, Archivist, Documented - the extinction of these professions contributes to the organization of electronic databases and electronic archives.
- Copywriter - according to forecasts, soon computer programs will be able to generate articles on various subjects themselves, and the number of “keyboard workers” will drastically decrease.
- Call Center Operator – уже сейчас многие компании предлагают the ability to solve problems in automatic mode, controlling the actions of the system through the answering machine commands. This becomes the basis for a sharp reduction in the number of operators.
- Lecturer. Online courses are an alternative to classroom instruction. It is because of these innovations that the profession may disappear in the educational system.
- Usher. WITHinformation canisters that are what will replace a living person, a specialist in selling and checking tickets.
- Seamstress – трудно поверить, но эта профессия тоже is endangered. Soon, manual labor will be needed only to create expensive designer clothes, and equipment for independent production of clothes at home will be available to everyone.
- Lifter - mechanisms ensuring uninterrupted operationelevators, every year more and more improved and automated. Soon, specialists will not be needed to control the operation of elevators; machines will do this for them.
- Stenographer - in the next few years, the work of stenographers and decoders will completely replace the work of computer programs capable of voice recognition.
Choosing the "right" profession
We have always been taught to choose a profession soul.But what if the work that you like and for which there is a thrust, will suddenly become unnecessary? It will be a shame if knowledge and professional skills remain unfulfilled. In order not to get into such a situation, besides other factors, it is necessary to consider the prospects of this specialty in the conditions of technical progress. Try to choose your future profession with all seriousness and consider the issue from different angles.
Let's sum up
Disappeared professions of the 20th century is a hugelist of specific crafts, which in most cases are based on hard physical labor. The need for the existence of such professions has disappeared with the advent of complex technical devices, controlled by man and performing this work instead. In the modern world, these lost professions may seem strange, surprising, or meaningless, but they will forever remain part of our history.
