We have see a huge shift in the way we, certainly in the developed world, work over the last few years.

In fact in the last two years the types of Online Jobs has increased massively. The thesis of an internet business being something extraordinary from “normal” work now seems luddite, online jobs and internet business has become the norm.There is no doubting that although traditional firms are still in the largest majority it is now acceptable both socially and in a business context to own, operate or just work for an Internet Business.

The thesis that most of us struggle with is connecting the virtual world with the real, aren’t they completely separate? Aren’t internet business opportunities really limited to knowledge based services and eBay?

Actually no, with the advantages in technology during the last few years, 3D printing is now a reality and, as the product lifecycle enters the maturity phase, the price of these printers is getting lower to be within the ability of small companies.The ability to be able to produce actual things 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 those who Work From Home.

Think about that for a nanosecond .. as markets become more accessible, more people will be able to work from home, run their own internet business and online jobs will be the rule. Anybody will be to set up a tool making trade for the home DIY market based on how they think tools should look. There will be particular markets maybe, and probably not challenging to the big DIY stores but a market nevertheless.

You may argue that not everybody has the abilities to run an internet business producing construction designs for manufacturing, and that is no doubt the case. However the collaborative idea will work in the computing world as well as it did in the early days of retailing in the real world. There will be an army of eager helpers who will maintain the internet business entrepreneurs, usually for free, in the same way as Linux was helped, or Wikipedia or any other of the open source open applications that are currently in expansion.

There is no doubt we will see, actually are seeing, an detonation in the number of people who will work from home running an internet business and helping companies who are providing online jobs for a growing number of people. Once the mass of people understand the power of linking real world production with virtual internet business then we will see another enormous shift in the amount of people who work from home and have online jobs.

About the Author: The author has been involved in industrial and commercial training and human resources with international blue chip companies and now runs his own online careers business.