The Worst Jobs in Science: The Sequel 336
flyingtoaster writes "For the second year in a row, Popular Science published their annual countdown of the worst jobs in science. This year's list includes Anal-Wart Researcher, Iraqi Archaeologist and Landfill Monitor. And you think your job's bad?" We also linked to last year's list.
Where is? (Score:5, Funny)
Those sound like bad jobs to me ;-)
EA Games Programmer (Score:4, Funny)
http://games.slashdot.org/games/04/11/21/1746257.
EA Researcher (Score:5, Funny)
what about... (Score:5, Funny)
Computer scientist is a scientist, no?
Tampon Squeezer (Score:5, Funny)
#4 is Tampon Squeezer
On the other hand, Tampon Tester would rate as one of the best jobs ever.
*sigh*
Sorry if I grossed someone out.
So What (Score:1, Funny)
Career most applicable (Score:3, Funny)
Anal wart (Score:5, Funny)
I love my job.
Re:Where is? (Score:1, Funny)
Slashdot Troll
Slashdot Karma Whore
Slashdot First Poster
Slashdot Repeat Poll Offender
Slashdot Whiner
Slashdot Linux Advocate
Slashdot Devil's Advocate (supports either Microsoft or Bush)
Slashdot Joker That Brings A Slashdot Joke Into Every Post And Is Still Modded Up
Slashdotter Who Mods Others Up
WMD (Score:5, Funny)
The jobs not done until you find at least one.
Not as bad as my job... (Score:5, Funny)
Bush on "science" (Score:5, Funny)
Think those are bad? (Score:5, Funny)
Some of those were hard just to list.
Re:Where is? (Score:5, Funny)
It said the worst jobs in science. Nothing scientific about this place...
How about... (Score:2, Funny)
What about.. (Score:3, Funny)
Last Year's List (Score:5, Funny)
In all seriousness, the first posting of last year's list does have some great comments.
Grossed out (Score:5, Funny)
Your Sig was the worst part.
Cleaning the monkey cages... (Score:4, Funny)
Even if you don't get bit, the staff dusts you *just to be sure*.
Talk about temp help....
Re:Consequences of Bush's Iraq War (Score:1, Funny)
Sheesh! And I wonder how many such 'casualities' of war we ignore. Really sad.
Followed by the sig:
Vote for a Man, Vote for Bush!
Not a liberatarian flipflop hippie.
Re:Tampon Squeezer (Score:2, Funny)
If you say so buddy. Drop 'em and bend over.
KFG
ARRRRRRRRRRGH! (Score:4, Funny)
Picture the puke scene from Team America: World Police and you've got a good idea of HALF of what I just went through.
You, sir, should be kicked off slashdot, post-haste.
-paul
Re:Tampon Squeezer (Score:5, Funny)
Nope. Tried it. They taste terrible.
Re:WMD (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Where is? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:MS Director of Truth: www.fudfactory.com (Score:3, Funny)
Re:WMD (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Where is? (Score:3, Funny)
Did you see this link [popsci.com] at the bottom of the main article? How bad would the job of that contraption's test-pilot be?
Re:Think those are bad? (Score:3, Funny)
I don't think that's proctology, it's more like spelunking.
I've got (most) of those jobs beat... (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, I had the joy of sitting in a lab and handling horse piss for eight hours a day. Let me tell you, the range of colour, texture, and viscosity of the stuff is truly mind-boggling.
The one saving grace? I wasn't the guy that had to collect it from the source.
Re:Ewwwww! (Score:2, Funny)
Work for Bush Administration (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Religious radicals? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Consequences of Bush's Iraq War (Score:3, Funny)
No, I'm serious [img111.exs.cx].
The Doom graphics engine needs an upgrade to properly render the historic site [img116.exs.cx].
Also, Kuwait looks like a fucking Counter-Strike level [img116.exs.cx] with all those crates.
Re:what about... (Score:2, Funny)
Nope. Anything named 'science' isn't.
Sciences: 'physics', 'chemistry', 'geology', 'biology', 'medicine' etc.
Non-Sciences: 'computer science', 'social science', 'scientology', 'science fiction'
Re:Where is? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Tampon Squeezer (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Go Helpdesk! (Score:1, Funny)