# If you could be instantly qualified for any job... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 25, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919 "2010-11-25T20:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/21 "2010-11-26T01:59:32Z")
Male, 37 - IT Tech. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/22 "2010-11-26T02:03:55Z")
Male, 32-Civil Rights lawyer/politician ---
**Author:** ![LadyJane84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@LadyJane84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyJane84)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/23 "2010-11-26T02:44:22Z")
Female, 26. Head Librarian for the Parliamentarian Library in Ottawa ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/24 "2010-11-26T03:32:31Z")
To everyone who has shared so far, I thank you. That even goes to the less than serious replies. I rather enjoy getting a small glimpse into the real you. I even have an idea for a similar question to pose to the masses after this one has run for a bit. Again, I appreciate everyone’s honesty. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/25 "2010-11-26T07:39:11Z")
Pope. Boy, would I have some changes to implement. ---
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/26 "2010-11-26T07:59:21Z")
Female, 33. Xenolinguist, that is, expert on alien languages. I’d interpret for **Todderbob**. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/27 "2010-11-26T08:08:30Z")
Female, 44, Queen of England. I’m not english, but I do a good accent. I’d bring back public hangings. Srsly. Ok, since that isn’t going to fly, how about a teacher,with a PhD and tenure. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/28 "2010-11-26T08:15:50Z")
Female - 30 - forensic pathologist ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/29 "2010-11-26T08:18:11Z")
male - 55 - sushi chef ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/30 "2010-11-26T08:21:01Z")
Male, 65: either Classical composer or Sculptor. (or Speedo model). ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/31 "2010-11-26T08:54:52Z")
Female, 18 - Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/32 "2010-11-26T09:31:27Z")
Female, 43. Either a _very_ good psychologist/therapist, or a cosmetic surgeon. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/33 "2010-11-26T10:21:53Z")
I’m male, 35, and I’d like to be a bestselling author please. I’d LOVE to make a living writing fiction, and I’d like to be able to make enough to keep my kids comfortable, but I definitely don’t want supertstar-level fame. Think Stephen King-level success, but with the ability to do my regular shopping without getting hassled. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/34 "2010-11-26T10:34:33Z")
Female, 42. On serious terms, restoration architect; that would mean a degree in Architecture, followed by a jump to Arts for two years studying Architectural Restoration; add Pictorial Restoration and Sculptural Restoration and you have what I would have spent 12 years studying if I’d been able to “waste” that much time in school. On less-serious ones, modern ballet dancer (I’d be in superb physical shape for the first time in my life :p) **Bell** , aren’t you female? Sounds like a real big change at the word “go”. ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/35 "2010-11-26T11:22:20Z")
female, age 57 I’d be either an dancer on Broadway, or a cowboy. ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/36 "2010-11-26T12:17:29Z")
Female, 28. Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/37 "2010-11-26T12:34:58Z")
Male, 28, surgeon…preferably orthopedic. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/38 "2010-11-26T12:50:11Z")
Female, 30, doctor. I have said in the past that I would love to audit med school classes just to learn everything. It’s the residency and junk that turn me off, and the years of crushing debt. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/39 "2010-11-26T12:51:54Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Pope. Boy, would I have some changes to implement. > [@Nava](#): > > Female, 42. On serious terms, restoration architect; that would mean a degree in Architecture, followed by a jump to Arts for two years studying Architectural Restoration; add Pictorial Restoration and Sculptural Restoration and you have what I would have spent 12 years studying if I’d been able to “waste” that much time in school. On less-serious ones, modern ballet dancer (I’d be in superb physical shape for the first time in my life :p) > **Bell** , aren’t you female? Sounds like a real big change at the word “go”. She would take the Papal name _Joan II_.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919/40 "2010-11-26T13:38:32Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Archaeologist or Anthropologist > > I probably have a distorted image of the daily work of an archaeologist, but I have always been fascinated with ancient cultures and the stuff they left behind. A friend I grew up with is now [a world renowned anthropologist](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/mummy-peru.html)who has been featured in National Geographic several times, and I envy him. I love to watch documentaries about archaeological digs and new information about cultures that can be gained from discoveries. No fair … female 49 and I am actually working on getting accepted into University of Arizona in Tucson right now to work towards a doctorate in Archeology. I want to actually become a writer of blogs, books and TV documentaries that are shall we say _way fucking more thoroughly researched_ than what normally appears in popular view. The way to tell in my house that there is a documentary on is by the resounding cries of “What a load of fucking bullshit .. it says in \ _this_ not that line of shit” I’m also a person that sent in some 90 odd corrections to the publisher of Jeff Smith’s Three Ancient Cuisines with documentation as to why the shit he was spouting was incorrect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-instantly-qualified-for-any-job/561919.md?page=3)