Saturday, March 28, 2009

Since this is a blog about work, let's have a look at some jobs.

A few collected links regarding jobs.
10 Jobs You Didn’t Hear About On Career DayGong Farmer cleans toilets and gets to keep the spare change that he finds.
After five years, they give me a brush." on
Webmaster for world peace Best job title ever.
The 10 Best Jobs in America Today#7 is historian. A search for historian jobs on their web site, however, has 18 leads, not a lot.
The 10 Worst Jobs in America TodayHint: cue Monty Python Lumberjack Song on
Unskilled and Unaware of ItThere's a lot of research coming out that describes how we, consistently and confidently, overestimate our abilities.
Most people describe themselves as above average in abilities. The people who are most accurate in predicting their abilities are the ones who believe that they're not good at something.
Your Job When You Grow UpFrom Scott Adams's blog:

I was thinking of this recently while working with a Dilbert licensee. They make fluorescent light diffusers for your office ceiling, with images such as the sky with clouds, or Dilbert characters looking down at your cube. Very cool: www.skyscapes.biz

So I imagine 5-year old Timmy, when asked what he wants to do for a career, answering “When I grow up, I want to make fluorescent light diffusers with Dilbert characters. They are the perfect item for adding some visual relief to drab cubicle farms.”
Timmy would die a virgin.
Will Work for Praise: The Web's Free-Labor EconomyIncreasingly, web sites are relying on unpaid staff because writers are
  1. so vain that they'll do almost anything to get their names out there
  2. they're desperate (or naïve) enough to think that this will lead to a paying gig.

And, of course, on some days, neither you nor your appliances should work at all. For those days, your appliances can have Sabbath Mode.

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