# What jobs requite tons of international travel? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712 "2004-06-04T22:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712/21 "2004-06-05T16:09:14Z")
> [@peculiar hailstone](#): > > …or the merchant marine. I’m a sailor, and I’ve been to over 40 counries in the last few years. I work for an environmental organization, and there are people on board with all sorts of degrees. I don’t want to hijack your thread, but I’m curious–what organization do you work for? If all goes well, I’ll have a master’s soon, and my research is in forest ecology. I’m pretty passionate about my field, I love to travel, and I love learning different languages. An environmental job that involves going to a bunch of different countries sounds wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712/22 "2004-06-05T16:10:36Z")
My first sentence should have read, “I don’t want to hijack _this_ thread…” I know that **peculiar hailstone** isn’t the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712/23 "2004-06-05T17:14:46Z")
My sister works for the US Army, and is involved with purchasing medical equipment for the Army hospitals and bases around the world. She travels around the world a lot. And remember, you can work FOR the Army, and not be IN the Army! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712/24 "2004-06-05T21:02:28Z")
I’d vote for the Air Force. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712/25 "2004-06-05T21:27:14Z")
Why don’t you check out the various online job searches for int’l jobs? This will give you an idea of what’s out there. Then there are a series of questions you need to ask yourself: Do you just want to travel or do you want to settle down some place for a few years? What type of travel do you want to experience? Europe, Asia, Latin America… Africa where I have spent more than half of my professional life [public health]? It helps to have an idea of what you want [permanent or part time], is this going to be your professional career, where do you want to travel… ---
**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:** [June 6, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712/26 "2004-06-06T02:34:18Z")
> [@](#): > > In 1990 I found a small firm with international operations. 14 years later, I have worked in eight countries, on five continents, while collecting over 200 passport stamps and 3.5 milliion frequent flyer miles. > > Often, the willingness to travel internationally for work translates to pretty good pay. In my case the pay was OK, but I didn’t spend as much as other people because I was typically living on an expense account. > > I love international work. I would like to hijack this thread and ask a serious question that has been bothering me for long enough: \*\*What, dear Og, is a Frumious Bandersnatch? \*\* End my misery. ---
**Author:** ![Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumious_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712/27 "2004-06-06T02:48:29Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I would like to hijack this thread and ask a serious question that has been bothering me for long enough: > > \*\*What, dear Og, is a Frumious Bandersnatch? \*\* > > End my misery. I got it here. [http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html](http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html) I’ts always been one of my favorite poems Now back to your regularly scheduled hijack ---
**Author:** ![Mithgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mithgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithgard)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712/28 "2004-06-06T04:29:28Z")
I have had much the same desire to travel, im almost done a double honours in archaeology and classical studies, am fluent in english, german, spanish. I was thinking, what about working as a photographer for magazines such as National geographic, or something of that sort??? Thats teh best I could come up with short of being filthy rich and not having to worry about cash ---
**Author:** ![kdeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@kdeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kdeus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712/29 "2004-06-06T18:02:58Z")
The Minot-Munich Principle: Any military service that advertises highly desirable duty stations has an equal or greater number of undesirable duty stations. For example, the U.S. Air Force has a substantial presence in Munich, Germany. The U.S. Air Force also has a substantial presence in Minot, North Dakota. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-requite-tons-of-international-travel/248712.md?page=1)