[tech_ken]

Healthcare; as long as there's people there's going to be sickness and injuries. It can be a tough work environment, but it's as recession-proof an industry as your likely to find and you can ply your skills anywhere. Healthcare tech platforms also "benefit" from incredible vendor/consumer lock-in relationships. Once a major hospital settles on a healthcare platform it's going to take a minor apocalypse before they move.

[samspenc]

It's also the industry that has the most hires in the past few months, and most job openings in the upcoming decade.