Help Me Find a New Career

infinite monkey · 07-06-2012, 12:05 PM

Although of course joke submissions are welcome, I'm slightly serious here.

If I were to be in a position to completely change careers, and do anything I want, what might you suggest I do? Given everything you know, or think you know, about me, what can you see me happily employed doing?

My mind wanders down the path of Park Ranger from time to time (see what I did there?) but is it feasible?

I really might make a move in the future. Help me figure out what to be when I grow up!

Spexxvet · 07-06-2012, 12:24 PM

Poo flinger in the local monkey house

infinite monkey · 07-06-2012, 12:44 PM

NEW career, spexx, not the same old career.

orthodoc · 07-06-2012, 12:51 PM

Well, contemplating a completely new career, a change in direction, is exhilarating. You can reflect on what values drive you, what goals those values might engender, and then what interests/directions you could go to fulfill some of those goals and be true to those values. You mention Park Ranger as something that floats across your mind ... do you value the environment? Preservation of wilderness? An outdoor life? Ecology? Animal welfare?

If I'm way off the mark, you do know what's 'on the mark'. I'm sorry I don't know you well and can't be very accurate in what I suggest, but it's an energizing thing to contemplate (bit of an oxymoron: energizing contemplation

).

So ... what core values would you want to live out in a new career?

Clodfobble · 07-06-2012, 01:19 PM

Librarian - You could still help the college yout's, but you'd be exposed to more of the ones who are trying to learn, rather than the ones scrounging for money. On the other hand, I can see you perhaps being a little too raucous and off-color for your presumably stodgy coworkers.

footfootfoot · 07-06-2012, 05:30 PM

Speaking for many of us dwellars, I'm sure there are quite a few of us who'd be more than delighted to offer you a new position. The question is, how would you be able to choose? I'm guessing the lesser of many evils.

Seriously, despite your lotsa posting, we really don't know too much about you.

Would you like to be a Forest Ranger? a Long Shorewoman? I bet you might like to own a diner. Or be a movie theater usherette. Continuity checker for feature films.

Or...

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footfootfoot · 07-06-2012, 05:31 PM

Catering. You could be a party planner and caterer

footfootfoot · 07-06-2012, 05:32 PM

caterwauling. You could be in charge of wauling all the caterers.

monster · 07-06-2012, 06:22 PM

I think you're emminently suited to hand out parenting advice.

SamIam · 07-06-2012, 06:32 PM

Writer of satire. You'd be great!

Flint · 07-07-2012, 12:08 AM

The world always needs folks who specialize in scrotums.

I mean, you can go many different directions with that kind of knowledge.

Trilby · 07-07-2012, 07:37 AM

H.mmmmm....I do like the librarian idea but in Ohio they have really gutted the funding and librarians are now exposed to all sorts of incredibly rude and demanding and obnoxious behavior PLUS sometimes the students have sex in the stacks...so there's that.

I think I know a little about infini...she likes smart, dedicated people, people who want to manage the work and not the people. How about research assist? Or assist with a book? Would you like to work alone or with others but with major caveats such as the Others must be Decent and Well Educated and Not Fuck Around with Others' Lives?

I once thought working at the museum would be cool until I met a woman who worked there and she said all the same old bullshit goes on there, too.

How about erotic phone solicitor?

Spexxvet · 07-07-2012, 09:21 AM

Infi, you should write for SNL.

Pete Zicato · 07-07-2012, 09:29 AM

IM, you work at a college. Walk down the hall and take some interest and personality tests.

A single byte of data is not a full meal, but many years ago that's what I did. It's how I got into programming.

Lamplighter · 07-11-2012, 05:45 PM

Whichever path you choose to do, be sure to use the talent you have
with words/ideas and spur-of-the-moment associations... a la this

07-06-2012, 12:05 PM	#1
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Help Me Find a New Career Although of course joke submissions are welcome, I'm slightly serious here. If I were to be in a position to completely change careers, and do anything I want, what might you suggest I do? Given everything you know, or think you know, about me, what can you see me happily employed doing? My mind wanders down the path of Park Ranger from time to time (see what I did there?) but is it feasible? I really might make a move in the future. Help me figure out what to be when I grow up!

07-06-2012, 12:24 PM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Poo flinger in the local monkey house __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-06-2012, 12:51 PM	#4
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Well, contemplating a completely new career, a change in direction, is exhilarating. You can reflect on what values drive you, what goals those values might engender, and then what interests/directions you could go to fulfill some of those goals and be true to those values. You mention Park Ranger as something that floats across your mind ... do you value the environment? Preservation of wilderness? An outdoor life? Ecology? Animal welfare? If I'm way off the mark, you do know what's 'on the mark'. I'm sorry I don't know you well and can't be very accurate in what I suggest, but it's an energizing thing to contemplate (bit of an oxymoron: energizing contemplation ). So ... what core values would you want to live out in a new career? __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-06-2012, 01:19 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Librarian - You could still help the college yout's, but you'd be exposed to more of the ones who are trying to learn, rather than the ones scrounging for money. On the other hand, I can see you perhaps being a little too raucous and off-color for your presumably stodgy coworkers. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-06-2012, 05:30 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Speaking for many of us dwellars, I'm sure there are quite a few of us who'd be more than delighted to offer you a new position. The question is, how would you be able to choose? I'm guessing the lesser of many evils. Seriously, despite your lotsa posting, we really don't know too much about you. Would you like to be a Forest Ranger? a Long Shorewoman? I bet you might like to own a diner. Or be a movie theater usherette. Continuity checker for feature films. Or... Check this shiznit out, homegrrrrl: Buckeye Brewski in da house! https://brewmagic.com/brew-magic-v350ms-system __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-06-2012, 12:44 PM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	NEW career, spexx, not the same old career.

07-06-2012, 05:31 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Catering. You could be a party planner and caterer __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-06-2012, 05:32 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	caterwauling. You could be in charge of wauling all the caterers. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-06-2012, 06:22 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I think you're emminently suited to hand out parenting advice. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-06-2012, 06:32 PM	#10
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Writer of satire. You'd be great!

07-07-2012, 12:08 AM	#11
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The world always needs folks who specialize in scrotums. I mean, you can go many different directions with that kind of knowledge. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-07-2012, 07:37 AM	#12
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	H.mmmmm....I do like the librarian idea but in Ohio they have really gutted the funding and librarians are now exposed to all sorts of incredibly rude and demanding and obnoxious behavior PLUS sometimes the students have sex in the stacks...so there's that. I think I know a little about infini...she likes smart, dedicated people, people who want to manage the work and not the people. How about research assist? Or assist with a book? Would you like to work alone or with others but with major caveats such as the Others must be Decent and Well Educated and Not Fuck Around with Others' Lives? I once thought working at the museum would be cool until I met a woman who worked there and she said all the same old bullshit goes on there, too. How about erotic phone solicitor? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-07-2012, 09:21 AM	#13
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Infi, you should write for SNL. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-07-2012, 09:29 AM	#14
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	IM, you work at a college. Walk down the hall and take some interest and personality tests. A single byte of data is not a full meal, but many years ago that's what I did. It's how I got into programming. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

07-11-2012, 05:45 PM	#15
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Whichever path you choose to do, be sure to use the talent you have with words/ideas and spur-of-the-moment associations... a la this

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