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10 Best Jobs in America Today; and 10 WORST jobs you can get today
Topic Started: Jan 20 2009, 08:01 AM (280 Views)
big al
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10 Best

1. Mathematician-Applies mathematical theories and formulas to teach or solve problems in a business, educational, or industrial climate.
2. Actuary-Interprets statistics to determine probabilities of accidents, sickness, and death, and loss of property from theft and natural disasters.
3. Statistician-Tabulates, analyzes, and interprets the numeric results of experiments and surveys.
4. Biologist-Studies the relationship of plants and animals to their environment.
5. Software Engineer-Researches, designs, develops and maintains software systems along with hardware development for medical, scientific, and industrial purposes.
6. Computer Systems Analyst-Plans and develops computer systems for businesses and scientific institutions.
7. Historian-Analyzes and records historical information from a specific era or according to a particular area of expertise.
8. Sociologist-Studies human behavior by examining the interaction of social groups and institutions.
9. Industrial Designer-Designs and develops manufactured products.
10. Accountant-Prepares and analyzes financial reports to assist managers in business, industry and government.

Source: The 10 Best Jobs in America Today

10 Worst

1. Lumberjack-Fells, cuts, and transports timber to be processed into lumber, paper, and other wood products.
2. Dairy Farmer-Directs and takes part in activities involved in the raising of cattle for milk production.
3. Taxi Driver-Operates a taxi cab over the streets and roads of a municipality, picking up and dropping off passengers by request.
4. Seaman-May perform any number of tasks involved in the operation of ships, boats, barges, or dredges.
5. Emergency Medical Technician-Attends to situations which demand immediate medical attention, such as automobile accidents, heart attacks, and gunshot wounds.
6. Roofer-Installs roofs on new buildings, performs repairs on old roofs, and re-roofs old buildings.
7. Garbage Collector-Collects refuse on a designated municipal route, and transports trash to disposal plants or landfill areas.
8. Welder-Joins or repairs metal surfaces through the application of heat.
9. Roustabout-Performs routine physical labor and maintenance on oil rigs and pipelines, both on and off shore.
10. Ironworker-Raises the steel framework of buildings, bridges, and other structures.

Source: The 10 Worst Jobs in America Today

Someone quoted Studs Terkel as saying that the best job is the one you like. A very big grain of truth in that. Lots more interesting comments in the remarks.

Big Al
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Mark
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I am #5 and #6 of the best jobs according to this.

I thank my father each and every day for seeing something in me that I didn't even know existed.

My proclivity with computers and just about anything electronic.

I was 18 years old and had nothing else on my mind but "when and where is the next party dude?"

One of his best pieces of advice was "learn both, hardware and software". You will always be in demand for work.

He was right of course.

I wish he was still here with us. :(
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That's really sweet of you to say about your dad, Mark.

We saw this on TV over the weekend. Hubby and I both looked at daughter and started to smile and tell her "Go for it, Honey!" She's a little math jock right now, and hearing that mathematicians have the best jobs was well-timed for her. She's in 8th grade and in her second year of college math at the university.

I hope it keeps her charged up for all the work she does. She works really hard. It was nice to have an outside source like this confirm what hubby and I have been telling her.
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
~A.A. Milne
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lb1
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Anyone notice that in the 10 best except for number nine the world would continue on if they all disappeared. In the 10 worst almost everyone would affect all of our lives if they disappeared.

lb
My position is simple: you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and slung mud on an issue where none was deserved. Quirt 03/08/09
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sue
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lb1
Jan 20 2009, 08:59 AM
Anyone notice that in the 10 best except for number nine the world would continue on if they all disappeared. In the 10 worst almost everyone would affect all of our lives if they disappeared.

lb
Yup. We don't like to get our hands dirty, do we?
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lb1
Jan 20 2009, 08:59 AM
Anyone notice that in the 10 best except for number nine the world would continue on if they all disappeared. In the 10 worst almost everyone would affect all of our lives if they disappeared.

lb
Well, are you talking about 'the world continuing on' or 'affect all our lives'? Two different things.

The world would continue on if the worst 10 disappeared, too. As for affecting all our lives....I dare say if computer software and hardware developers/support disappeared, someone might notice.
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Not to mention accountants.
Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool.

I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

- Cecil Lewis
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Mark
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The world is addicted to computers.

You think governments could run without them?

You think most companies could run without them?

Yeah, I thought not.
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Improviso
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Mark
Jan 20 2009, 01:51 PM
The world is addicted to computers.
Computers Been Bery, Bery Good To Me.
Identifying narcissists isn't difficult. Just look for the person who is constantly fishing for compliments
and admiration while breaking down over even the slightest bit of criticism.

We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences.
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Dan
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Hmm, I've had one in each list. Does that make me "Fair and Balanced"?
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NAK
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Mark
Jan 20 2009, 01:51 PM
The world is addicted to computers.

You think governments could run without them?

You think most companies could run without them?

Yeah, I thought not.
Yeah, but remember who's keeping the roof leaks from frying those motherboard. ;)
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Computers would not exist if lumberjacks, ironworkers, welders or roofers had never existed.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Mark
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True. But I am glad they do exist.

I am even more glad that the world is addicted to them.

There's real money in cleansing them of viruses and recovering files that users do not backup. PCs are awesome in that regard. :lol2:
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NAK
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Oh yeah. For my dad and many others, that's job security.
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