um... okay.

[solarbird]

Careers meme. To wit:

1. Go to www.careercruising.com
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top umpty results.

Oh why not. Ones I've done for large money (three to four digits of gross income) are in bold, ones I've done for small money (professional work, but not significant as income) are in underlined, hobbies are italicised, wtf are they thinking?! are in strikethrough.

1. Costume Designer
2. Set Designer
3. Environmental Consultant
4. Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist
5. Special Effects Technician
6. Animator
7. Desktop Publisher
8. Fashion Designer
9. Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
10. Makeup Artist
11. Director of Photography
12. Artist
13. Graphic Designer
14. Computer Animator
15. Musician
16. Comedian
17. Medical Illustrator
18. Composer
19. Industrial Designer
20. Website Designer
21. Actor
22. Interior Designer
23. Magician
24. Ecologist
25. Landscape Architect
26. Paleontologist
27. Agronomist
28. Veterinarian
29. Historian
30. Electrician
31. Sign Maker
32. Plumber
33. Cartographer
34. Conservator
35. Computer Trainer (Kinda. Also kinda underline because it was part of a larger job.)
36. Taxidermist
37. Critic
38. Musical Instrument Builder and Repairer
39. Writer
40. Communications Specialist

Note the complete lack of systems management, software development, publishing, or, for that matter, research scientist in any field I've ever worked. Hmmmmmmm.

Comments

[firni.livejournal.com]

The results I got were just... weird, for the most part.

[banner.livejournal.com]

1.Airport Ground Crew (ugh)
2.Fruit and Vegetable Grower (I can't grow plants)
3.Horticulturist (See above)
4.Zookeeper (Have actually done something like this)
5.Animal Caretaker (Have done this)
6.Interior Decorator (??)
7.Mover (Ugh)
8.Kinesiologist (What?)
9.Stylist (Ugh)
10.Website Designer (Have done this)
11.Hospital Service Worker (Have done this)
12.Industrial Designer (Might be interesting)
13.Animal Trainer (Have done this - wild animals)
14.Exhibit Designer (Maybe)
15.Interior Designer (Nope)
16.Nursery / Greenhouse Grower (Can't grow plants)
17.Housekeeper (Ugh)
18.Craftsperson (I have done this)
19.Potter (Can't throw clay worth a damn)
20.Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator (No drawing skills)
21.Model (I wish!)
22.Desktop Publisher (I like to write)
23.Fashion Designer (Hah!!!)
24.Farmer (Rancher wouldn't be bad, but no plants)
25.Waste Collector (Ugh)
26.Pipefitter (I know plumbing)
27.Ironworker (Maybe)
28.Road Construction and Maintenance Worker (no)
29.Outdoor Guide (maybe)
30.Steamfitter (Hah)
31.Sprinkler System Installer (easy)
32.Chimney Sweep (easy but dirty)
33.Bricklayer / Stonemason (difficult job actually)
34.Construction Tradesperson (Done it)
35.Horse Trainer (could do it easier than leopards)
36.Diving Instructor (Done it)
37.Fitness Instructor (too lazy)
38.Lineworker (nah)
39.Window Washer (nope)
40.Drywaller (done it)

[solarbird]

Stonemason is seriously hard work, you don't have to tell me that - I've watched good ones in action. Yeek. A good stonemason is worth their weight in gold; you need someone up to the hard physical labour and the good design brainwork, so if you find one, don't lose their card!

I found out just now (courtesy friendslist) that if you change the education level, which you can do right after you take it the first time, you'll get a significantly different set of results. I might try that.

I hate drywalling so much. It's probably the most frustrating job possible for me; do everything perfectly - which is really difficult and time-consuming, at least for me - and you end up with an absolutely blank canvas. It's like some kind of anti-art. I'd rather do plumbing, and I hate plumbing.

[banner.livejournal.com]

I like plumbing. It's an interesting job at times.
Yes on bricklayers and stonemasons, I've watched them, it's not at all easy.

[solarbird]

If it weren't for all the physical labour part, there are parts of stonemasonry I'd enjoy. But the heavy lifting would just crush me. CRUSH ME LIKE A GRAPE!

[mistwolf.livejournal.com]

1.Fast Food Worker
2.Dry Cleaner
3.Clergy
4.Lifeguard
5.Family and Consumer Scientist
6.Lobbyist
7.Criminologist
8.Librarian
9.Tour Guide
10.Gerontologist
11.Child and Youth Worker
12.Career Counselor
13.Probation / Parole Officer
14.Automobile Assembler
15.Social Worker
16.Addictions Counselor
17.Police Officer
18.Professor
19.Community Worker
20.Motivational Speaker
21.Parking Lot Attendant
22.Production Woodworker
23.Recreation Therapist
24.Communications Specialist
25.Hotel Manager
26.Religious Worker
27.Public Policy Analyst
28.Activist
29.Print Journalist
30.Manufacturing Machine Operator
31.Library Technician
32.Political Aide
33.Market Research Analyst
34.Dispatcher
35.Translator
36.Writer
37.Power Plant Operator
38.Technical Writer
39.Waiter
40.Disc Jockey

All over the map, lol

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Bugger! I wanted to try this, but it seems that the people running the website have caught on and removed that user ID. :P Phooey!

[solarbird]

You might try bugmenot.com and see what they have. ^_^