Dream Careers?
Stolen shamelessly from Jaquandor:
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their “Career Matchmaker” questions.
4. Post the top ten results.
So here are (ahem) mine:
1. Multimedia Developer
2. Industrial Designer
3. Computer Programmer
4. Interior Designer
5. Fashion Designer
6. Desktop Publisher
7. Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
8. Computer Engineer
9. Video Game Developer
10. Website Designer
Remembering the questions they asked, it’s clear that the folks who put this together have a different notion of “creative work” and “design” than I do. Fact is, I can’t draw worth a darn, which would seem a requirement for a number of these.
(For those who don’t know, I’ve spent the last seventeen or eighteen years working as a software engineer. As to whether I’m well suited to it—well, I’m supporting a family of six, so objectively I’m reasonably successful, and as for subjectively…I do this stuff even when I’m not getting paid for it.)
Whimsy | Will Duquette September 15, 2007
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By Michael A. Cleverly, September 15, 2007 @ 11:57 am
Interesting meme. Their number one suggestion for me was “politician” which is about the last thing I can ever see myself wanting to do.
By Will Duquette, September 15, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
Yeah, I can’t see you as a politician. This is all to the good, of course.
By Dave J., September 16, 2007 @ 8:14 pm
Oh boy. #1 for me is “explosives specialist”. #10 is “cabinet maker”. Surprisingly accurate really.