What are some job sectors which are crying out for tech talent in 2021?

Cloud / Devops work pays extremely well in the US and not very many people seem to enjoy it.

Bioinformatics/computational-biology. Lots of smart people with bio and maths skills, but a severe shortage of software engineering skills.

Data Engineering.

Honestly I don’t like the name because gathering information, transforming, storing, and making it available for other uses is core to general software engineering, but I digress.

Many large companies in non-tech spaces are investing HEAVILY in their data engineering and automation teams. Many setting up Chief Data Officer positions and lots of roles reporting into them that have very good compensation and great work life balance.

You have to be ok that your area of work isn’t the full focus of the business and learn to work very well with other functions like finance, sales, etc. But if you can do that, it’s a great time to look into these kinds of jobs.

I see a huge amount of capital going into the crypto space. I would say learning Solidity would pay off big right now.

If I had to guess too heavy ones that are incredibly difficult for outsiders to break into.

Ones interested in senior level people.