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- FloppyLlamaDigg, on 10/11/2007, -0/+63The actual list:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/best_careers_2007/careertable.htm - jennamalia, on 10/11/2007, -0/+38"it's because librarians are hiding something......."
racy undergarmets!! - speedk0re, on 10/11/2007, -1/+37sadly "sit at home drink beer and play video games" is again missing from this year's list.
- hrhs556x, on 10/11/2007, -2/+36Librarians make more then Architects? Really?
- MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -2/+27orangutan-piss collector not on it?
- canewediggit, on 10/11/2007, -5/+29allow me......
median pay: negative as you are paying for your own business
job market outlook: F, nobody is hiring entrepreneurs
quality of life: F, you work 24/7 and have every duty from janitor to CEO
attainability: A, any idiot can do it
prestige: C
typical degree required: None, as noted above, any idiot can do it
these scores based on averages of the 99.9% of entrepreneurs that fall flat on their face and the .1% that actually turn their idea into a profitable business. - dFax, on 10/11/2007, -3/+25Engineer... so broad..
- Tabou, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24Urban/Regional Planner requires a Masters. Median pay: $38,465. Quality of life: A???
- crankycookie, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21I didn't even know librarians made money.
- spamly, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20You do realize that this is an article from USNews, right?
- sockpuppets, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20Gold farming was probably profitable for many.
- lordtyros, on 10/11/2007, -9/+27Engineering FTW
- onionizer, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17"Loading...if data does not load in 15 second, click here! "
you don't have to use ajax for everything.
bythe way, i'm an engineer and it's kinda frustrating to see a dentist getting, on the average, almost twice the money.. - canewediggit, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14it's because librarians are hiding something.......
- ninjasquirrel, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12I think I might know why....
- hokiefantony, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14Man....I so thought amateur porn star would make the list this year!
- Jeveran, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12As an engineer, how much insurance do you carry to protect you and your business from liability?
Thought so... - Nougat, on 10/11/2007, -5/+15@dFax (#7171760)
Chugga chugga chugga chugga -- CHOO CHOOOOOO - robbie87, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8I know it sounds cliche, but in my experience even a well-paying job sucks if you don't enjoy it.
Personally I'm happy doing something I like for lower pay. - Machismo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Not really.
Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Civil Engineers, Chemical Engineers... Aall involve the same fundamental concept of designing, testing, and creating. Each of them have numerous sub-specialities, from digital engineers, to RF antenna designers, to explosives modelers. When you get down to i though, the work of an engineer is pretty unique from the rest of the job world. Even scientists who often overlap lie in their own profession. - CapeKid, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Ya, that is a bit like saying "employed person"
- Falldog, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9For every guy who manages to make money, there are hundreds of guys whose self started restaurants went under.
- jono10, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9I'm a Professional Conspiracy Theorist. Not on the list,
IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!!! - Iolite, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8@sjl127: Yeah but you have to spend your day inside other people's mouths. *shudder*
- ninjasquirrel, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Hear hear... since I finally found a job I like, I don't even look at my cheques any more...
- smackhero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4dude, secretly videotaping yourself having sex with a girl you met at a party isn't a career. it's a felony.
- Armistead, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I've never seen a librarian shelve a book. The people who shelve in a library are pages or clerks. Librarians are the ones who do the collection development, technical processing, cataloging, database management, subject analysis, indexing, and reference services. There is a reason why it requires a MLIS.
- robdazomba, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Huh? You mean, they didn't provide you with the cushy, high-paying job for life after you put in that grueling four years? What the hell are our colleges coming to?
- Bobski, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Best Ever:
Retired! FTW! - micropizzle, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4That would make the other jobs look too bad.
- sjl127, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Being a dentist is easy work, too!
- alvinhokid, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I'm with you on that one...
- alvinhokid, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3i would say A+, and I'm not even an engineer... but i have to admit, they do work the hardest... and are some of the brightest at any school.
- ExSlashdotter, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3If every condom worked, then there wouldn't be any need for a tester, now would there?
Yeah, count me out of that one... - spamly, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4FTA - "The list also takes into account the trend among employers to outsource jobs that can be done more cheaply in low-cost countries like India and China. That's one reason a lot of popular computer-related jobs no longer make the cut. Not long ago, it seemed like a smart move to become a website developer or software engineer. But the market for those jobs is softening, as American firms send much of the work to India and China, where armies of programmers and software engineers crank out code for far less than their American counterparts."
Sigh... - Armistead, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3That hasn't been my experience. In fact, when I was in library school I was friends with a fellow librarian who was an exotic dancer in San Francisco. She was stripping her way through library school. ;)
- sjl127, on 10/11/2007, -9/+11Great! I'm on the list as a Dentist!!!
I'll be honest with you all - having a license to practice dentistry is just as good as having a license to mint money! - Technopundit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2No shortage of comedians, I see.
- Coffeedemon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Sort of on there. I'm trained as a librarian but work in the field of Information Management (primarily metadata and controlled vocabulary standardization for Government systems) ...its almost the same but looking in the opposite direction of a research/reference librarian. I'd disagree with the outlook of C for librarians though. A lot of schools are now repurposing towards information management - especially in electronic information systems. Think that might be an area of growth in the present and future? Thats not to mention the paper mountain and all of the legacy electronic info that needs to be sorted and made accessible so we can see what we've had and use it as a basis for the future rather than recreate history all over again. I chalk it up to people not understanding what a librarian does or at least has been trained to do. At least its nice to see it on the list though.
- Cerealkillr, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2At some times yes.
Some Architects are not very successful, and Librarians are given a yearly salary so it can result in them getting a higher salary. - DaFunk, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Coming from the medical field, I'll say to anyone thinking of jumping in, take a long hard look at becoming a physician's assistant instead of a physician. They're both on the list, but coming from someone in the later category, a PA has some obvious benefits. Only 2 years of post-undergrad schooling, relative freedom from malpractice worries and the ability in most states to run your own practice. All of the "good stuff" of working in the medical field, albeit a drop in pay and "prestige" (whatever that means) that are more than made up for in a gain in quality of life. The medical profession is and will be an area with constant demand for skilled clinicians, but right now being a doc ain't all that great. (I'm sure I'll find some that disagree, but that's my two cents about seeing both on this list.)
- egrumling, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@thomas
Because they are part of the academic world. Birds of a feather....
Besides, if you are at a university library, your masters degree will likely be free anyway (and you will likely be required to get it within a few years of being hired) - Ezku, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Edit: Oops. Wrong thread.
- glomza, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1anyone else read that as "Americans seek richer, emptier lives"? it's true though.
- jennamalia, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@Armistead
shhh, I don't want that to get out. I might get more patrons that way... ;) - greevar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2But strangely "Game Designer" is not on the list. I guess it only lists traditional occupations that have been mainstream for at least 20 years.
- jennamalia, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@crashingstar (and as others have noted):
who selects the materials for your collection?
who catalogs them (not just by title/author/subject, but also by keywords)?
who runs the circulation system?
who wrote the front-end for you to search the collection (and the other end that delivers it)?
who are the information architects, knowledge management experts, and information behavior practitioners--
not only behind the library that you most certainly under-utilize, but also behind sites like your favorite search engine or other information-finding sites?
if not a librarian, then somebody who thinks/acts/behaves like one. - Kenzan, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3U.S. News.
About as accurate as the things that fly out of Rosie's mouth. - listrophy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3@ Jeveran
Engineers hate risk. If an engineer takes a risk and succeeds, he gets a plaque on the wall. If an engineer takes a risk and fails, thousands of people die. - jimmyjars, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Dont feel bad, the jobs will come back once managers figure out it costs 3x as much to fix code thats broken from the start.
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