Career Inclination

Scott Hardie | September 16, 2007
Thanks to Kelly for finding this online.

1. Go to careercruising.com.
2. Put in username nycareers, password landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top results here for us to read.

I think you'll find the results interesting.

Scott Hardie | September 16, 2007
My results:

1. Market Research Analyst
2. Critic
3. Public Policy Analyst
4. Translator
5. Political Aide
6. Communications Specialist
7. Criminologist
8. Writer
9. Print Journalist
10. Professor

Web Developer placed a measly #22, although Comedian placed #26 and that makes me happy. Critic is #2, huh? It's a damn hard racket to break into, outside of college newspapers.

Denise Sawicki | September 16, 2007
I'm so wishy washy, I didn't put "like very much" or "dislike very much" for anything. Anyway #13 is what I actually do.

1. Environmental Consultant
2. Oceanographer
3. Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist
4. Agronomist
5. Veterinarian
6. Pharmacologist
7. Ecologist
8. Paleontologist
9. Marine Biologist
10. Zoologist
11. Geologist
12. Forensics Specialist
13. Computer Programmer

Steve West | September 16, 2007
Hating that outdoors thing definitely limited my results appropriately. I'm in banking operations so I'm close (sorta) to #1. Not real sure there are many jobs specifically in the classifieds called "mathematician".

1. Mathematician
2. Operations Research Analyst
3. Logistics Specialist
4. Cartographer
5. Computer Programmer
6. Anthropologist
7. Writer
8. GIS Specialist
9. Business Systems Analyst
10. Communications Specialist
11. Telephone Operator
12. Picture Framer

Justin Woods | September 16, 2007
1.Computer Support Person
2.Project Manager
3.Computer Engineer
4.Business Systems Analyst
5.Database Developer
6.Web Developer
7.Computer Programmer
8.Video Game Developer
9.Curator
10.Principal


So I have to say pretty much on the money but very vague as far as #1 and that I am a sys. admin.

Russ Wilhelm | September 16, 2007
1. Computer Programmer
2. Electronics Assembler
3. Cabinetmaker
4. Millwright
5. Industrial Machinery Mechanic
6. Office Machine Repairer
7. Cable Installer and Repairer
8. Computer Support Person
9. Business Systems Analyst
10. Musical Instrument Builder and Repairer


I've done 1, 2, 8, & 9 to certain extents, but they obviously haven't seen my mechanical skills in action. Cabinetmaker? If it comes in a box from Sauder maybe? From scratch? It may start off as a cabinet, but chances are it would end up as a bunch of useless peices of wood.

Jackie Mason | September 16, 2007
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Amy Austin | September 16, 2007
I don't find Scott's #2 surprising, either.

OMG!!! Did everyone use *all* of their list, or only the top something???

(Oops... okay, I get it -- you're supposed to keep going...)

Amy Austin | September 16, 2007
Okay, I guess it didn't matter after all -- same list! (Major pain the ass to format...)

1. Costume Designer
2. Artist
3. Sign Maker
4. Fashion Designer
5. Illustrator
6. Animator
7. Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
8. Website Designer
9. Makeup Artist
10. Dental Lab Tech
11. Director of Photography
12. Graphic Designer
13. Home Inspector
14. Special Effects Technician
15. Tilesetter
16. Upholsterer
17. Glazier
18. Tailor / Dressmaker
19. Drafter
20. Interior Designer
21. Set Designer
22. Computer Animator
23. Plumber
24. Historian
25. Musician
26. Sign Language Interpreter
27. Interpreter
28. Photographer
29. Ecologist
30. Stylist
31. Biologist
32. Interior Decorator
33. Archaeologist
34. Researcher
35. Medical Illustrator
36. Inventor
37. Industrial Designer
38. Conservation Officer
39. Magician
40. Civil Engineering Tech

Interesting, yes. My current job title is #5, although I'm not entirely sure how much it resembles. (Too bad someone already hired a #11.. ;-D)

Tony Peters | September 16, 2007
My top 5 are an odd combination of the jobs that I have held since I joined the Navy

1.Photographer
2.Electronics Engineering Tech
3.Electrical Engineering Tech
4.Illustrator
5.Drafter

Kelly Lee | September 17, 2007
1.Child and Youth Worker
2.Personal Trainer
3.Addictions Counselor
4.Special Education Teacher
5.Clergy
6.Sport Psychology Consultant
7.Psychologist
8.Website Designer
9.Historian
10.Sign Maker
11.Fashion Designer
12.Dental Assistant
13.Animator
14.Pet Groomer
15.Desktop Publisher
16.Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
17.Computer Trainer
18.Anthropologist
19.Multimedia Developer
20.Hairstylist
21.Esthetician
22.Teacher Assistant
23.Elementary School Teache
24.Marriage and Family Therapist
25.School Counselor
26.High School Teacher
27.Early Childhood Educato
28.Flooring Installer
29.Security Systems Technician
30.Animal Trainer
31.Artist
32.Graphic Designer
33.Painter
34.Computer Animator
35.Furniture Finisher
36.Picture Framer
37.Foreign Language Instructor
38.ESL Teacher
39.Dispatcher
40.Professional Athlete

Its pretty awesome that it's pretty much dead on. Pretty.
Aside from the last one, professional athlete? Only if I start my own country so I can be in the Olympics...
And miniature golf is somehow a sport.

Amy Austin | September 17, 2007
LOL...

Well, Kelly, it sure seems like we have a lot of overlap -- it just appears that you like people/kids more than I do!!! ;-D Btw... if you start a country and an Olympic miniature golf team, I would most definitely like to try out for that! ;-DDD

Lori Lancaster | September 17, 2007
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Lori Lancaster | September 17, 2007
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Amy Austin | September 17, 2007
Wow, Lori -- looks like we should get ourselves to Hollywood, stat!

Lori Lancaster | September 17, 2007
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Denise Sawicki | September 17, 2007
I don't know if I like science as much as actual scientists (that's one reason I dropped out of grad school) but I told the thing I like science, yeah.

Erik Bates | September 18, 2007
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Kelly Lee | September 18, 2007
Oh hey, Erik, This is totally off topic, but I don't care. Yes, I do in fact know someone from amtgard in the area at the time you were. My old college roomates' husband. :-D Small world, isn't it?

i had dinner with them tonight, his name is Nathan, and he looks like a big scary monster.
-Kelly
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Dave Stoppenhagen | September 18, 2007
I took it a couple times just because and why the hell not. I determined that I must not like my job today. Although it turnedd up as number 3 the first tim.

1. Film Processor
2. Cable Installer and Repairer
3. Computer Support Person
4. Automotive Painter
5. Sheet Metal Worker
6. Boilermaker
7. Welder
8. Power Plant Operator
9. Avionics Tech
10. Cabinetmaker
11. Autobody Repairer
12. Pet Groomer
13. Dental Lab Tech


1. Heating, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Tech
2. Appliance Repairer
3. Millwright
4. Stationary Engineer
5. Industrial Machinery Mechanic
6. Elevator Installer and Repairer
7. Office Machine Repairer
8. Locksmith
9. Race Car Mechanic
10. Cable Installer and Repairer
11 Film Processor
12. Computer Support Person

Jackie Mason | September 18, 2007
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Kelly Lee | September 18, 2007
Yes, I sadly have bled many a needle wound in sacrifice to the sewing god. Sadly, my sewing machine is busted atm.

Mike Eberhart | September 18, 2007
Here are my results. Pretty funny if you ask me.

1. Dry Cleaner
2. Machinist
3. Tool and Die Maker
4. Production Woodworker
5. Sheet Metal Worker
6. Tailor / Dressmaker
7. Boilermaker
8. Welder
9. Mover
10. Autobody Repairer

21. Sign Maker


#21 is actually what I'll be doing in about 2 weeks permanently.

Lori Lancaster | September 18, 2007
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Amy Austin | September 18, 2007
Heheh -- lucky you, George Jeffers-... I mean, Mike -- you'll be getting my #3 job!

"MOVIN' ON UP...!!!"

Michael Paul Cote | September 18, 2007
1. Set Designer
2. Costume Designer
3. Special Effects Technician
4. Desktop Publisher
5. Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
6. Actor
7. Animator
8. Fashion Designer
9. Director of Photography
10. Director
11. Professor
12. Comedian
13. Casting Director
14. Critic
15. Communications Specialist
16. Graphic Designer
17. Artist
18. Website Designer
19. Musician
20. Print Journalist
21. Public Policy Analyst
22. Computer Animator
23. Activist
24. Translator
25. Market Research Analyst
26. Medical Illustrator
27. Composer
28. Writer
29. Political Aide
30. Lobbyist
31. Industrial Designer
32. Craftsperson
33. Potter
34. Public Relations Specialist
35. Criminologist
36. Interior Designer
37. Makeup Artist
38. Magician
39. Dancer
40. Exhibit Designer

Funny my current job is #16 and #4, my degree is in #15, and I'm currently learning #18. But I'm also extremely active in community theater which covers 1, 6, 10, 13, 28, 37. Pretty cool.

Lori Lancaster | September 18, 2007
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Kelly Lee | September 18, 2007
Bah. It broke right when I was finishing a HUGE project (basically, I had to make 10 items of various things for an art showish thing).

The shaft that holds the needle fell out of the machine. I could probably fix it, but I'm just too "ahh I do'nt wantot touch it" these days.