Nothing interesting will be reliably funded over the next 5-ish years given the current macroeconomics.

If we’re talking about where the opportunities (jobs) are going to be, then you’re probably looking at tech roles within non-tech companies. These companies have been dying to modernize but haven’t been able to hire engineers due to the tech bubble.

After that, tooling that enables non-technical companies to build software - whatever that looks like.

The really high paying jobs of the future (well, and really now to be honest) are going to be some sort of combination of Data Science + Speciality Science. Think biomedical engineering, material scientist, chemist, any engineering discipline because the thing we need the most right now are better medicines and antibiotics against the rising threat of resistant bacteria, COVID showed us we still don't have a shot against a really bad virus, we need better batteries, better power generation, better cars and modes of transportation, etc.

What we don't need any more of is web cruft and CRUD apps, social networks, and people figuring out more ways to mine our data and shove ads in our face.