Thursday, January 06, 2011

Do you have one of these jobs?

Thanks for the heads-up on this goes to Govexec.com's FedBlog.

The 20 best and worst jobs, based a variety of criteria, from CareerCast.com -

Top 20:

1. software engineer


2. mathematician

3. actuary

4. statistician

5. computer systems analyst

6. meteorologist

7. biologist

8. historian

9. audiologist

10. dental hygenist

11. sociologist

12. accountant

13. paralegal assistant

13. physicist

15. financial planner

16. philosopher

17. occupational therapist

18. parole officer

19. aerospace engineer

20. economist


The bottom 20:


180. choreographer


181. plasterer

182. butcher

183. automobile mechanic

184. dairy farmer

185. photojournalist

186. child care worker

187. sheet metal worker

188. reporter (newspaper)

189. seaman

190. stevedore

191. painter

191. meter reader

191. construction worker (laborer)

194. welder

195. emergency medical technician

196. taxi driver

197. roofer

198. lumberjack

199. ironworker

200. roustabout (linked to the Wikipedia page on it because it is the worst.)

Some of the "worst" made the list because of the physical demands (roustabout), some because of the low income potential (child care worker) and some because of the poor outlook for the field (reporter).

However, the one that I'm trying to figure out is how "philosopher" made the top 20.  How can I get paid to go around all day saying "I think, therefore I am"?  Hell, if they pay me enough, I'll even say it in Latin (Cogito, ergo sum).

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