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16 December 2005

What should you be when you grow up? username: "ceridian"
password: "lifeworks"
(via Count Ziggurat)
1.Costume Designer
2.Set Designer
3.Anthropologist
4.Website Designer
5.Art Director
6.Historian
7.Special Effects Technician
8.Desktop Publisher
9.Stylist
10.Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator

God help us all. Aside from the fact that I possess no artistic talent whatsoever, these sound interesting.

posted by jonmc 16 December | 16:18
is it bad that my actual job is number 36?

1. Chemical Engineer
2. Environmental Engineer
3. Concrete Mason
4. Mechanical Engineer
5. Aerospace Engineer
6. Roofer
7. Biomedical Engineer
8. Farm Equipment Mechanic
9. Commercial Diver
10.Heavy Equipment Mechanic

36. Physicist

19 might be good: explosives specialist?
posted by sam 16 December | 16:37
Vet Assist
Animal Breeder
Veterinarian

too bad I'm in finance instead
posted by small_ruminant 16 December | 17:00
1. Costume Designer
2. Set Designer
3. Horticulturist
4. Zookeeper
5. Special Effects Technician
6. Website Designer
7. Actor
8. Desktop Publisher
9. Nursery / Greenhouse Grower
10. Animator

Well there's a mixed bag. I guess I'd pick zookeeper out of those, but I'd rather be a linguist or a rock star. I didn't see them anywhere in the list.
posted by nomis 16 December | 17:01
Actually looking back at jonmc's, they're sure pushing the Costume Designer and Set Designer careers. Maybe they have vacancies.
posted by nomis 16 December | 17:02
1. Electrical Engineering Tech
2. Electronics Engineering Tech
3. Computer Support Person
4. Technical Writer
5. Computer Programmer
10. Computer Engineer
16. Business Systems Analyst
17. Musical Instrument Builder and Repairer
19. Cabinetmaker
22. Plumber
26. Database Developer
29. Translator
31. Web Developer
32. Writer
36. Project Manager

#5, #10, or #31 (and partially #26) all describe what I do now; #16 and #36 and to a smaller degree #4 are all things I have touched on in what I do. #32 is what I wanted to be when I was growing up, as well as #29. But then, I think I kind of slanted some of the answers to get those results.
posted by matildaben 16 December | 17:04
They think I should be some kind of engineer.
posted by box 16 December | 17:32
This is brilliant! It says I should be a critic. (Any friends who thought I was insufferable before better watch out... heh heh heh.)
posted by .kobayashi. 16 December | 18:44
well i suppose it's different...
i wonder how they figure that i have exactly the right profile to be a sprinkler system installer, rather than a plumber.

1. Heating, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Tech
2. Race Car Mechanic
3. Aircraft Mechanic
7. Elevator Installer and Repairer
10. Sprinkler System Installer
13. Anthropologist
14. Office Machine Repairer
15. Research Analyst (Financial)
16. Mechanical Engineer
17. Economist
18. Aerospace Engineer
31. Mathematician
35. Fashion Designer
37. Vulture Capitalist
39. Interior Designer
posted by flopsy 16 December | 19:20
Funeral director?!?!?

Professor and Social Worker were next. Those I can see. But funeral director? I'm not knocking the profession. It's just that I'm the last person in the world who should be dealing with the bereaved.

posted by jrossi4r 16 December | 19:21
1.Career Counselor - HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I JUST LOST MY JOB!!!1
2.Special Education Teacher -need a Master's usuallly
3.Child and Youth Worker -obvious
4.Elementary School Teacher -hmmm
5.High School Teacher-hmmm
6.Teacher Aide - $8/hr, LOLZ
7.Probation / Parole Officer -workin' for the MAN
8.Physical Education Teacher -I'm not a lesbian
9.Sports Instructor -oh for fuck's sake
10.Curator -WORD

Other interesting things were Art Therapist (my mama), Addictions Counselor (need more PBR), and Director (of what, who knows?)

posted by moonbird 16 December | 19:27
1-5. Set Designer and other textile design
(Oh...but no. What's really funny is there's a girl out there who shares my exact name, who is a costume designer. Apparently quite a good one. She flies around the country a bit, and gets stopped because they think she's me. Poor thing.)

6.Technical Writer (did it for years)
7.Website Designer (Well, who isn't?)
8-10. various tech things I've done
11.Lobbyist (now, that could be dangerous)
14.Craftsperson (I do that now)

36. Casting Director (Men to the left, women to the right...who's got the cocoa butter?)
posted by PsychoKitty 16 December | 19:49
Apparently I was born to be a machinist.
posted by cmonkey 16 December | 19:54
1. Animator
2. Fashion Designer
3. Costume Designer
4. Set Designer
5. Artist
6. Graphic Designer
7. Computer Animator
8. Furniture Finisher
9. Picture Framer
10. Industrial Designer

I've thought for a long time that being a Set Designer (or a window dresser) would be fun/interesting.
posted by deborah 16 December | 20:07
Why no, I'm not studying environmental geography....

1. Outdoor Guide
2. Park Warden / Ranger
3. Conservation Officer
4. Fisher
5. Aquaculturist
6. Mail Carrier
7. Zookeeper
8. Recreation Therapist
9. Nursery / Greenhouse Grower
10. Animal Trainer

The results become stranger after that:
16. Diving Instructor (I've never even been on a springboard...)
23. Clergy
25. Professional Athelete (riiiight...)
30. Housekeeper
31. Taxidermist
34. Waste Collector
posted by carabiner 17 December | 01:58
Face Recognition || Arnold Schwarzenegger is selling penis

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