usnews.com — U.S. News has sifted through trends in the economy and the workplace and has identified 25 professions that will be in growing demand as baby boomers age, the Internet becomes ubiquitous, and Americans seek richer, simpler lives.
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ezkuJun 13, 2007
Edit: Oops. Wrong thread.
smackheroJun 14, 2007
well, in the most overrated jobs section, the writer is speaking from his experience in career counseling for the past 20 years? so the data for game designers and other more recently popularized careers is probably very scarce. or perhaps it's still a very small job market? i mean, most game designers seem to be pretty young.
gizzaJun 14, 2007
@smackhero (#7176205)Something like game designer wouldn't exactly have high prestige. And job market would maybe be a C, and I would imagine attainability would probably be about an F. Not sure what the pay would be like. If your Will Wright, probably very high, for the average game designer, probably nothing special. Quality of life is probably A+, but given the other scores this hardly qualifies it for one of the best careers.
schwnjJun 14, 2007
That's odd. More odd is that I am both a psychologist and a teacher and my job (professor) is one of the 25 best.
jennamaliaJun 14, 2007
@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.
egrumlingJun 17, 2007
@thomasBecause 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)