People go to school in order to get the education, however the final goal is always that dream job they’ve always thought about. However, many people are dissatisfied with their jobs, but in most cases they think it is to late to back up or they are just too lazy, or they just do not have any clue about what they should be doing. Having said that, what is in your opinion that “perfect” job. Any ideas? By the way by meaning “perfect” job I do not mean not doing anything and getting paid for it. I mean someting meaningful, something that rewards the individual and contributes to the good of the society.
I guess “fluffee” is out of the question then…
I think being a Nigerian medical student with a average C grade would have to be your ideal job, wouldn’t it?
Anyone else hear a chorus of dogs howling in the background?
That is what makes me mad about you people. You reply in an idiotic way… do not want to say samething smart, well shut the hell up.
I don’t know about the best job, but I’m reminded of something I saw on SNL.
At the end of a Weekend Update report, Norm McDonald reports that a survey has revealed the worst job in the world: crack whore.
Next year he followed it up with a new survey indicating that crack whore was no longer the worst job in the world. The new worst job was “assistant crack whore.”
Zev Steinhardt
That’s a formerly white Nigerian with a C grade average who posts consistently to the wrong forum, claims to be Michael Jackson, and is trying to get into medical school, Primaflora.
Let’s keep our facts straight.
Thanks Ren! I really need to work harder at this, obviously!
I am puzzled though as to what a samething smart could be. I guess if we just C&P Smithwow’s posts that could be a samething…
This forum is for general questions, not opinion questions.
One word… PORNO! 
I think it would be pretty cool to have a job where I got to tell racist pieces of crap to go to hell and to post in the right forum. Unfortunately I wouldn’t be very good at it because I’d be guilty of ranting outside the pit. Oh well.
Many moons ago, a survey was done about this. IIRC, the best job was determined to be an actuary - high pay, low stress, few hours.
Sua
Sua, that sounds great. Sign me up.
Just one question. Is actually knowing what an actuary is a prerequisite to becoming one? If not, I am so all over that job.
I always wanted to be a Training Bra. You spend all day near the melons, and they’re not even that heavy to carry.
I’m gonna ignore the tension surrounding the OP altogether and just answer the question since I think it’s an interesting thread. 
I’ve always wanted to be a doctor or surgeon of some kind because of the awesome high that would accompany you every time you realized you had actually -healed- someone! Relieved them of pain–helped them sleep more soundly at night–maybe even given them a fresh look at their life.
And if ever there is a patient you cannot heal, then at least knowing that you gave it a capable effort and tried.
-Ashley
It can’t be that good of a job considering other mathematicians make fun of the actuaries for being anal and boring.
Moving threads, of course. Off to In My Humble Opinion.
I’d have to say the job that got filled about a week after I applied for it (not as happy a sequence of events as it may seem) - writing video games. (And, yes, I also did the playing video games for money route, and though it was fun, there wasn’t quite enough money in it for it to be worthwhile.)
This reminds me of the bio of a speaker I once saw at a conference (paraphrasing from memory):
Mr. Blah started his career in hardware development. Shortly thereafter he moved into software because software is easier to design than hardware. He then became an instructor because he realized talking about software was easier than writing it. Many years later he began chairing steering committees because thinking about software is easier than talking about it. Now he is semi-retired a guest speaker because travelling around the country spreading BS is the the best job in the world.
As for me personally, I want to be a condom tester.
I don’t know exactly why, but I am fascinated by automobile crash tests. I’m sure you have to be some sort of scientist or engineer or something to do any of the useful work.
Maybe I could be the guy who does all the videotaping. Or I could sweep up all the broken glass. I could carry the dummies back to the dummy closet, or whatever.
Actually, if I could just stand there and watch them smash up cars over and over again on purpose, that would be cool. Maybe hold the clipboard or something.
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Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE the Internet? After a fruitless five minutes spent thumbing through my tattered copy of Let Your Mind Alone, looking for my favorite Thurber quote about “batting baseballs through the windows of the RCA building”, in desperation I resorted to Google, and walked straight into the arms of this lovely piece of writing. Ken Bushnell, whoever you are, I salute you (although I do wish you’d mentioned which Thurber piece the quote is from…)