NationStates Jolt Archive

As I mentioned in the beer thread, I work in a small, regional brewery. I'm not a brewer--I'm more of the grunt who cleans and fills both bottles and kegs--but it still ranks pretty high on the Cool-O-Meter when I tell people that the perks include the ability to drink beer after four hours on the job, to drink in the tap room after work as long as I don't get retarded, and a free case of beer every week.

So I wonder, what do you consider the coolest jobs out there, outside the obvious ones (movie star, professional athlete)? Ideas, anyone?

Myrmecologist! Or other subsets of entomology. Apiologists are pretty awesome too.

The one you give freely to and it pays back with something beyond a value explainable.

Cyborg assassin. Oh, and man-whore.

Hey, you're the one who works at Anchor, right? I tried some of the Anchor Porter a month or two ago- damn good stuff!

Boba Fett...nothing beats the Fettman.

Playboy photogropher ;) :p

I think being Jesus would be a pretty cool job, too. I mean, sure, you have to die in the end, but talk about recognition!

Boba Fett...nothing beats the Fettman.
Bounty hunting for Jabba the Hutt to finance your 'Vette?

The two top jobs I've ever had-

Childrens performer-I dressed up like cartoon characters and went to picnics and birthday parties. Even the down sides where cool. Nothing like people cheering when you arrive to work.

Projectionist-Thanks to polyester film you walk in, thread projectors in 45 seconds each press the green start button then step outside for a 'smoke.' Since I worked at a bargin cinema (which is why we had projectionists instead of manager projectionists, because the films where in ratty condition) I got to see every film that came out for a five year period. Mixed blessings. (re-release of Bladerunner vs. too long run of Cop and a Half....)

Current gigs I'm slowly breaking into-
Playwright-gravy. Especially before the actresses realise I have no influence on casting....You sit around and watch people do your material. Coming soon-people doing the work without me being involved at all after authorship...

Dramaturg-Hardly anyone knows what you do and doesn't notice you not doing it and when you do do it you are treated like some sort of mystic sage. (dramaturgs research the plays history of performance and the context and references made in the text)

Documentarian-"I'm making a documentary" gets you into sooo many places. And people are very nice to you because they never know if the camera is on or not. hehehehheeheheheehe.

I think being Jesus would be a pretty cool job, too. I mean, sure, you have to die in the end, but talk about recognition!

Being the Messiah is more of a hobby than a job, I think you'll find.

I'm going to say "milk-delivery person".

Thinker upper of names

Supreme Ruler and Overlord
Battle Mage
Scholarly Sage
Boba Fett
Medieval Archer/Assassin
Sauron

On a more reaslistic level...

Game Tester
Corrupt Official
Surgeon
Sniper (army)
Artist

Video game tester

Pyrotechnician

Guy-who-does-this: :headbang:

I would have to say...

Hmmmm.......

Mafioso. :mp5:

I would have to say...

Hmmmm.......

Mafioso. :mp5:
That guy looks more like SWAT than Mafia.

Pirate-ninja-robot, I wrote a little story about it for class.

In, ten years, when I'm 24, I want to be a pirate-ninja-robot because pirate-ninja-robots are cool. I want to use my pirate skills to sail the seas. It would be really cool to sneak up on people using my ninja powers. Of course I would promptly say some extremely deep proverb. I don't know how I would use my robot powers, but it would be awesome to have a metal hand. I'd fight crime even though I am a pirate. After the fight with evil, I would breakdance for no apparent reason.

I'd probably sink a boat or two, jumping up and down on the ocean blue. I'd kill a whale with either a cannon, shurikens, or possibly with my cool laser beam eyes. I'm not exactly sure why, mostly just because. Because I'm a cool robot, I'd drink the oil I steal from the ships I shipjacked. And I'd have a robotic parrot.



Or a vampire-astronaut.

bartender, massage therapist, a technician for those giant ass telescopes in hawaii, astronaut, pyrotchnician.

oh and dominatrix.


from what i hear, an obscene amount of money to force someone to give you pedicures and humiliate them. :)

getting paid for being a bitch.

Being the Messiah is more of a hobby than a job, I think you'll find.
I think Jesus was technically unemployed.. I mean, wandering from town to town, preaching and accepting charity from people as he went along. Doesn't seem like a pleasant line of work, being dependant on the goodwill of others.

Best job? I think James Bond has a good one... especially when he gets the girl in every movie. But then there's all the danger from STD's and you get shot at a lot.
I'm going to go with psychic, actually. You just put on a fake Jamaican accent, read the cards, and alluva sudden you're an icon.

Thinker upper of names
I think I might be good at this.

Oh, wait........

What about a rebel biilionaire?

One of those people that puts that paper in the pocket of clothes like "INSEPECTED BY: 573295"

Fudge packer. You know, the guys at candy factories who put the fugde in the boxes. Yeah, those guys are cool. B)

If by cool you mean personally satisfying, I'd go with entertainment; you get to dress up, 'play' a part or persona, meet (and sometimes work with) interesting people, and frankly it's kinda hard to top 'groupie love' when it comes to job satisfaction.... ;) :D ;)

Chicken-Sexer.

A person who determines the sex of newly hatched chicks.

You can get a degree for it in Japan.

Chicken-Sexer.

A person who determines the sex of newly hatched chicks.

You can get a degree for it in Japan.
*sceptical*

Pool boy/ cable guy. Pay might not be good but if movies are correct...

Hey, you're the one who works at Anchor, right? I tried some of the Anchor Porter a month or two ago- damn good stuff!

Anchor like Anchor Steam anchor?

If so, I want lots of your beer for free.

Professional student.
Toy Tester
Forum Mod

Pool boy/ cable guy. Pay might not be good but if movies are correct...
You're better off being a mail man. ;)

Anchor like Anchor Steam anchor?

If so, I want lots of your beer for free.
Yep, that's the one. Assuming Incertonia is the guy I'm thinking of; I could be wrong.

Matress Tester

Ahhhhhhhh!

*sceptical*
google it

google it
Damn, you're right. lol

Some Humorous Excerpts from Wikipedia about Chicken Sexing (the skill if determining the art of what sex a chicken is at birth):

"Most chickens do not have these traits bred into them, and the hatchlings are identical to all but the skilled eye of the professional chicken sexer."

"Vent sexing is not easy"

"Vent sexing is a difficult trade to master; many professional vent sexers are Japanese, where the art originated. The mystery of vent sexing was revealed to the Western world when a seminal paper was published in Japan in 1933 by Professors Masui and Hashimoto, which was soon translated into English under the title, Sexing baby chicks."

"the skill of chicken sexing has been likened to skill at playing chess and other crafts"

"The chicken sexing machine"

"chicks could be sexed by inspecting them with this machine"


"anybody can sex a chicken"

That still makes me wonder how you found out about this profession.
Google search: Chicken sex

...you perv ;)

Hmm... *rubs chin thoughtfully*

Evil Mad Scientist.

or

National Geographic Photographer.(Just the right blend of adventure, danger, exotic locations and naked tribal women.)

Damn, you're right. lol

Some Humorous Excerpts from Wikipedia about Chicken Sexing (the skill if determining the art of what sex a chicken is at birth):

"Most chickens do not have these traits bred into them, and the hatchlings are identical to all but the skilled eye of the professional chicken sexer."

"Vent sexing is not easy"

"Vent sexing is a difficult trade to master; many professional vent sexers are Japanese, where the art originated. The mystery of vent sexing was revealed to the Western world when a seminal paper was published in Japan in 1933 by Professors Masui and Hashimoto, which was soon translated into English under the title, Sexing baby chicks."

"the skill of chicken sexing has been likened to skill at playing chess and other crafts"

"The chicken sexing machine"

"chicks could be sexed by inspecting them with this machine"


"anybody can sex a chicken"

That still makes me wonder how you found out about this profession.
Google search: Chicken sex

...you perv ;)

1. I think u got served.

2. I read it in the big book of lists #2. It came out in the 70's.

3. Anamals? ok? chickens? nasty

1. I think u got served.
We still have to do the dance off then.

I would like to be Queen Bitch of The Universe. Why? Why not! I would like to be paid a great deal of money, at least as much as a chicken sexer.

For a guy it just might be a pool boy/milk man/mail man/cable guy/UPS guy/etc...

Stay at home moms...

Mythbuster.

Mythbuster.
Yeahm that'd be pretty cool

Yep, that's the one. Assuming Incertonia is the guy I'm thinking of; I could be wrong.
I am that guy. And it's a hell of a job, even if it is only part time. :D

I want Dave Attell's job. Nothing can beat getting paid to go get drunk in different cities.

Probably somewhere in the anime field.

I want Dave Attell's job. Nothing can beat getting paid to go get drunk in different cities.
Thats a pretty f-ing job :cool:

Hmm... *rubs chin thoughtfully*

Evil Mad Scientist.
...
Ya know there's actually a game called Evil Genius. And may I add, it's quite addicting.

Ya know there's actually a game called Evil Genius. And may I add, it's quite addicting.Did you train your Thugs to get weapons BEFORE they attack the invading Heroes?

Ya know there's actually a game called Evil Genius. And may I add, it's quite addicting.

I've seen it. I'm considering it. Is it really good?

Hey, goofballs, like your sig.

Did you train your Thugs to get weapons BEFORE they attack the invading Heroes?
they only do that on yellow alert -_- and my base makes people wet their pants anyway, weird designs. i just stick gas chambers at the doors (often catches as many of my guys as theirs)

dole bludger.

Hey, goofballs, like your sig.

Thanks. :)

dole bludger.

I had to google that one. Hehehe.

I worked as a rafting guide this summer, pretty awesome job!

J.Lo has someone whose full time job is to tweak her nipples so they're nice and perky.

I soooo want that gig. :(

condom tester :D

Playing my electric bass and making enough to actually live on would rock (I make almost nothing from it currently), especially if i could pick and choose my gigs. Other cool jobs I have done, rock sports (climbing, but for me mostly reppelling) instructor. I have worked at a ropes course. I worked with some medival combat type stuff (boffers for those of you who know what those are). The year after I graduated high school I got to work at a girls camp (afore mentioned climbing gig, also done it for the BSA).

Work for HR Block. You get a years worth pay for four months work.

Bumpity bump bump