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Smart Money Picks 10 Rising Careers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-to-do dept.

jonathanjo writes "Smart Money announces the ten hot jobs they see rising in the next decade. Among them, many familiar to slashdotters (wireless engineer) and several of those are of dubious ethical value (data miner, IP lawyer). "Forensic Accountant" even made accounting sound cool! But why oh why did I give up on being an Adventure Travel Guide to be a web designer? D'ohh!"

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  1. Politician by Far� · · Score: 4, Funny
    Have a hot career! Be a politician! You can be in control of 60% of your country's gross income. You only have to be without scruple, a liar, or better, a man incapable of forming an opinion (thus you can't lie about it). You'll have to be a whore to public popularity - no demagogy is too small. You'll have to stand by the corporate interests of the political class: promote legislation as the magical solution to any and every problem in society. You'll have to be discreet about the way you privatize the money you extort from tax-payers.

    Politician - here's the career of the past, present and future!

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  2. My pick would be by tcd004 · · Score: 4, Funny

    My pick would have to be inmate.

    tcd004

  3. top 10 things that didn't make the list by Cheeze · · Score: 4, Funny

    10. Paper shredder
    9. presidential intern
    8. respiratory infection nurse
    7. experimental microbiologist
    6. teacher (never makes any list, except for lowest paid/hardest working)
    5. suicide bomber
    4. Real World participant
    3. political leader
    2. President of Accounting
    and the number 1 thing that didn't make the list...

    1. bank manager for offshore accounts (not FDIC insurred)

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  4. Meaningless Titles by nathanh · · Score: 5, Funny

    I really hate the over-inflated titles that computer mechanics keep giving themselves. I'm sick of seeing business cards for Software Engineers and Network Architects.

    So what's next? Computer Surgeon? Information Astronaut? Why not go the whole nine yards and call yourself a Software Deity or Network Visionary?

    I want to see some realism in titles. The person paid to maintain legacy COBOL should be called a Code Janitor. The person who designs networks should be called a Network Foreman. And anybody who writes code should be called a Software Author.

    But please, enough with the self-aggrandizing titles.

    1. Re:Meaningless Titles by Kintanon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hmmm... So I should get rid of my 'Network God' business cards? Man! And I really liked the seraphim and trumpets I got with them...

      Kintanon

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