OT - If You Could Switch Professions, What Would it Be?
Mates,
We enjoyed a great topic earlier this week with the 'Roll Call'. So next question: If you could change occupations from what you do now to what you think you would like to do in a near-perfect world (no jobs available in the adult film industry, you rogues), what would that new occupation be? Extra credit given for humor, the 'why' of the new occupation, and if you are actually taking any steps toward this new job.
Happy weekend and go blue.
Seriously, college football official on the weekends. I get to keep my day job. Travel on the weekends and get to see and work some great games!
DING DING DING DING... Winner.
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I would either want to be Indiana Jones or Batman. I am taking steps towards making this switch. I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
i thought for sure you were going to answer 'meth cook' or 'tony montana', ala scarface.
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like Zumaya before he blew up his arm. . . .
a LOOGY
apologies for duplicate
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As a dentist I can tell you the hours and pay are good but the work isn't easy........ That said I can't think of anything else I rather do.
As I dental student, I've heard that before. But I'm interested in oral surgery (where you go to medical school after dental school) so clearly I am not a good listener.
Plus aren't there computer programs that read x-rays now?
As a dentist, I can say its a good profession for the reasons you list. I do worry about the long term viability though. Dental "insurance" hasn't really changed in 40 years ie - the amount of money the insurance company will give a patient to have their work done in a year hasn't changed at all (usually a thousand bucks). Meanwhile, like all industries, the cost of doing business continues to rise - supplies, labor, and most importantly dental school. That's why you're seeing corporate dentistry - places like Aspen, Heartland, Great expressions - come to prominence. Dentists are basically being forced to work at these places because they graduate with $250k or more in debt and can't afford to buy a practice.
TL, DR - dentistry is a good profession but I think its glory days are behind it.
And if I could change professions - fantasy - PGA golfer - long career and get to play the best courses in the world and they all seem to have amazing wives. Realistic: Opthamologist, I had Lasix and that was the coolest thing ever, I'd love to do that for a living.
financial sales right now and like it pretty well. There aren't any practical careers that I would immediately clamor for. However, since I don't have to be practical because this is the internet, I would love to work in the front office of an NBA team.
Basketball color announcer, with my own radio show. I love basketball, and often times (as is true of many of the people on here) I find myself saying the exact same things as the color guy before he says it.
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reclusive hermit in Utah canyon country; Tenured, skirt-chasing professor of art history with a drinking problem; architect; paleontologist; science fiction writer; wildlife biologist studying wolverines; talking head on TV political shows; President of the Federation of Planets; furniture designer; full-time grandfather
Isn't skirt chasing and having a drinking issue requirements to be a tenured Art History professor?
Or a Tenured Classics Prof? (Univ. of OKlahoma had one of these when i was there. he taught a great/easy 300lvl class.)
is your actual profession, isn't it?
Geneaologist
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He said "Mumble mumble mumble."
Which means "There'll be puppies too!"
When I was a kid I wanted to be The Flash so bad that I told my pre-school teachers/babysitters that my name was Barry Allen. My mom came to pick me up and they had no clue which kid she was looking for.
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Mythbuster. Those guys have the best jobs in the world.
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I've asked myself this one before, and I have a hard time choosing between sports management and working in the front office of a team (MLB would be my top choice there, as I grew up playing baseball) or sports journalism, in which case I would want to cover college football and basketball primarily. Probably, if I had to choose between the two, it would be sports journalism just for the opportunity to see in person games that you'd only see on TV otherwise.