{"id":1135,"date":"2007-09-14T12:27:23","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T12:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2007-09-14T12:27:23","modified_gmt":"2007-09-14T12:27:23","slug":"career_meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2007\/09\/14\/career_meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Puffbird<\/a> referred me to the latest meme this morning. The results are… unexpected.<\/p>\n


\nFirst, the instructions:
\n1. Go to http:\/\/www.careercruising.com\/<\/a>.
\n2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
\n3. Take their “Career Matchmaker” questions.
\n4. Post the top ten results.<\/p>\n

And now my results:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Costume Designer<\/li>\n
  2. Special Effects Technician<\/li>\n
  3. Desktop Publisher<\/li>\n
  4. Animator<\/li>\n
  5. Cartoonist \/ Comic Illustrator<\/li>\n
  6. Actor<\/li>\n
  7. Anthropologist<\/li>\n
  8. Set Designer<\/li>\n
  9. Comedian<\/li>\n
  10. Artist<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The number one choice is costume designer<\/i>? Really? That’s one I never would’ve come to on my own.<\/p>\n

    Many of the other options on this list are at least things I’ve thought about at one point or other in my life — I’m interested in special effects, for instance; I studied anthropology in college and did some acting in high school; and when I was a Looney Tunes-obsessed youngster, I did think I’d someday like to be a cartoonist or animator — and I actually have worked as a desktop publisher. But costume designer? Wow…<\/p>\n

    Looking down the rest of my top 40, I see that my actual ambition — the ever-vague “writer” — doesn’t show up until number 16, and the occupation I’ve held that most closely resembles my ambitions — technical writing — is at number 24. (Which doesn’t surprise me; I actually didn’t much like being a tech writer.) My current occupation — proofreader — didn’t make the top 40 at all, although I suppose you can say I’m a sort of “communications specialist” (number 26).<\/p>\n

    Not that any of this matters, of course. I’ve never put much stock in these interest surveys, not since I found myself wondering on high-school Career Day if my number-two pencil somehow malfunctioned during the “fill in the circle” thingie, because I most assuredly did not<\/i> want to be a CPA or a computer programmer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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