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It's Official: Industrial Designer is the 9th best job in America

By Allan Chochinov - January 11, 2009

in Design Business

We told you about this a few days ago, but on CBS This Morning this morning, a segment around 9:30 revealed that the career of "Industrial Designer" was the 9th best job in America right now. Just edging out "Accountant" (number 10), we can now hold our heads high and buy rounds for all our Mathematician, Actuary, Historian, and Biologist friends. The worst job? Lumberjack.

Compiling research on 200 different positions, this year's JobsRated.com report ranks mathematician as the country's best job, followed by actuary and statistician -- three jobs for which a calculator and solitude are prerequisites. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Monty Python troupe made famous the song, "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK." Unfortunately, our study finds that lumberjacks have the nation's worst job, followed by dairy farmers and taxi drivers, which seems to bear out the old grade-school adage that "it's better to earn a living with your head rather than with your hands."

Wait, don't we work with our hands? Link Thanks tort for the link!

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Bob

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Number 12 is unemployment, I think I'll pass on this list.
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leadesigns

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I saw this report last week and thought it was interesting, but I was skeptical about the results. I myself would rate a career by more than just things like work environment, stress level and salary...how about personal satisfaction!?! If that were the case I do understand why ID was up in the top ratings. Although it is vague how the careers were actually rated and by who, Industrial Design did rank highest in stress among the top 10! As an industrial designer myself, I tend to agree with that.
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atFault

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What a load of hooey.

As a Firefighter (number 181 on the list) and an Industrial Designer, I can say with certainty that this list is completely flawed. Both are phenomenally rewarding and both require you to use your head as well as your hands. Being good at your job, regardless of it's nature, requires your all. And with my father-in-law being a dairy farmer (#199) and one of the smartest people I have ever met, I can say that he may be exhausted at the end of the day, but he would not trade it for anything in the world. He is extremely passionate about what he does.

Ignore the list, do what you love and do it well.
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