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.)
Interesting meme. Their number one suggestion for me was “politician” which is about the last thing I can ever see myself wanting to do.
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Yeah, I can’t see you as a politician. This is all to the good, of course.
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Oh boy. #1 for me is “explosives specialist”. #10 is “cabinet maker”. Surprisingly accurate really.
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