1. Go to
http://www.careercruising.com/(login redacted, see
http://wendymr.livejournal.com/40218.html for more)
4. Post the top N results.
#s 11 and 30 are the closest to what I've actually made any money at the past few years.
1. Special Effects Technician -- interesting!
2. Electrician -- huh. never thought of this or "plumber."
3. Electronics Assembler -- based on hexie's stories, I don't think so.
4. Costume Designer -- *
5. Makeup Artist -- meh.
6. Magician -- um, no.
7. Musical Instrument Builder and Repairer -- could totally get into that.
8. Comedian -- um, REALLY no.
9. Plumber -- see "electrician."
10. Composer -- didn't really enjoy it much at school.
11. Musician -- too bad they don't pay me for chorus.
12. Upholsterer -- *
13. Cabinetmaker -- *
14. Electronics Engineering Tech -- yeah, if I'd stayed out of humanities I'd have gone to engineering.
15. Electrical Engineering Tech -- this differs from 14 how exactly?
16. Sign Maker -- *
17. Casting Director -- too much dealing with people.
18. Actor --- ha ha ha ha, no.
19. Picture Framer -- *
20. Set Designer -- maybe.
21. Dental Lab Tech -- enh.
22. Furniture Finisher -- *
23. Food Scientist -- that would be fun.
24. Optical / Ophthalmic Lab Technician -- enh.
25. Bicycle Mechanic -- probably not.
26. Explosives Specialist -- BOOM! Cool.
27. Industrial Designer -- maybe?
28. Environmental Engineer -- not sure what these do.
29. Model Maker -- *
30. Fashion Designer -- *
31. Conservator -- yeah, I'd enjoy textile conservation.
32. Drafter -- I'm actually really crap at drawing.
33. Environmental Consultant -- consultant entails too much talking.
34. Oceanographer -- could be fun
35. Cartographer -- yes, except for the can't draw thing...
36. Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator -- ditto.
37. Engineering Tech -- maybe?
38. Critic -- this and the next one are more or
39. Writer -- less what grad school was training me in.
40. Meteorologist -- I guess?
* these all seem to be the "like to make things with my hands" element.