[Meme] Careers

[temporus]

Career meme, by way of 

matociquala and yhlee

 

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

1 Website Designer
2 Historian
3 Technical Writer
4 Industrial Designer
5 Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
6 Desktop Publisher
7 Criminologist
8 Fashion Designer
9 Cartographer
10 Multimedia Developer
11 Set Designer
12 Costume Designer
13 Professor
14 Anthropologist
15 Writer

Except for the Industrial Designer, Fashion Designer, and Set Designer, these are all jobs I've wanted to do.  (Though if you include special effect Set Design, for like minatures and such, that makes sense.)

Oddly, I've never done any of them.  (Well, excpet writer, but that one is still in the works.)   I could stretch it and say that by having made some maps that made it into the Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, that I fulfilled #9.  (Though it wasn't technically a paid job, it was volunteer work, and I was generously compensated by getting a free copy of the final product.)

Here's the complete list.   I'll bold the jobs I've done, and italicize the one's I wanted to do. (As per Ms. Bear.)

1 Website Designer
2 Historian
3 Technical Writer
4 Industrial Designer
5 Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
6 Desktop Publisher
7 Criminologist
8 Fashion Designer
9 Cartographer
10 Multimedia Developer
11 Set Designer
12 Costume Designer
13 Professor
14 Anthropologist
15 Writer
16 Political Aide
17 Activist
18 Critic
19 Artist
20 Computer Animator
21 Public Policy Analyst
22 GIS Specialist
23 Graphic Designer
24 Print Journalist
25 Translator
26 Communications Specialist
27 Interior Designer
28 Archivist
29 Market Research Analyst
30 Medical Illustrator
31 Lobbyist
32 Potter
33 Craftsperson
34 Public Relations Specialist
35 Animator
36 Air Traffic Controller
37 Video Game Developer
38 Meteorologist
39 Webmaster
40 Archaeologist

Interesting that I've done so few of those.  And that my day job only shows up at the bottom of that list.  (Though webmaster is but a tiny fraction of my job.)
 
Then I noticed that you could input your educational level.  So I did.   It came up with a slightly different list.   Mostly the same stuff, but in slightly differing order.

1 Historian
2 Website Designer
3 Technical Writer
4 Industrial Designer
5 Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
6 Desktop Publisher
7 Criminologist
8 Cartographer
9 Multimedia Developer
10 Set Designer
11 Costume Designer
12 Professor
13 Anthropologist
14 Writer
15 Political Aide
16 Activist
17 Critic
18 Public Policy Analyst
19 GIS Specialist
20 Artist
21 Archivist
22 Communications Specialist
23 Print Journalist
24 Translator
25 Medical Illustrator
26 Market Research Analyst
27 Lobbyist
28 Potter
29 Public Relations Specialist
30 Animator
31 Video Game Developer
32 Meteorologist
33 Webmaster
34 Archaeologist
35 Mining Engineer
36 Elementary School Teacher
37 High School Teacher
38 Computer Engineer
39 Special Effects Technician
40 ESL Teacher
 
Then, I noticed, you could answer a second set of questions, which i did too.  This one is even further different.

1 Historian
2 Technical Writer
3 Set Designer
4 Critic
5 Anthropologist
6 Artist
7 Political Aide
8 Cartographer
9 Costume Designer
10 Multimedia Developer
11 Translator
12 GIS Specialist
13 Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
14 Professor
15 Potter
16 Animal Trainer
17 Interpreter
18 Lawyer
19 Civil Litigator
20 Music Teacher / Instructor
21 Writer
22 Animator
23 Video Game Developer
24 Meteorologist
25 Archivist
26 Judge
27 Veterinarian
28 Public Policy Analyst
29 Exhibit Designer
30 Dancer
31 Home Inspector
32 Webmaster
33 Print Journalist
34 Agricultural Engineer
35 Special Effects Technician
36 Computer Engineer
37 Optometrist
38 Paleontologist
39 Corporate / Commercial Lawyer
40 Aerospace Engineer

So what I've learned from this, is that what I actually do for a living doesn't show up on the list of things I like doing for a living.  Odd.  Because I don't dislike the work that I do.  What I think this shows however, is that I kind of ended up in this field, not that it had been a goal in my life.  I'm not in the least sorry for having gotten here, because, while it's not my "dream career" it sure beats many of the other jobs I've had.  (And though the lack of bold might give the impression that I haven't had many differing positions, that's about as far from the truth as you can get.)

So any of those surprise you?  Anything you thought you'd see on my list(s) and didn't?