Knowledge worker


noun
1.
a person employed to produce or analyse ideas and information
noun

a person who works exclusively with information; a person who works in an information industry
Examples

Knowledge workers includes those in the information technology fields, such as programmers, systems analysts, technical writers, academic professionals, researchers, and so forth.
Word Origin

coined by Peter Drucker in Landmarks of Tomorrow

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