Recommends promising startups to a VC firm in exchange for a small share of profits.
While working as an engineer or student, you meet a classmate building something exciting and pass it to your VC firm, which invests.
Usually unpaid upfront; scouts get a slice of returns if their picks succeed, which may take years.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No requirement; you need a strong network in a startup community.
Ways in: Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Any major.
Growing about average. Many large VC firms run scout programs.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Scouts get paid for access to founders before others hear of them; AI sourcing tools may compete for that edge over time.
Classes: Entrepreneurship, Computer science, Speech, Journalism.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.