
Thursday, May 29, 2008
6 Dream Jobs Every Guy Wants
We are big believers in the perpetual pursuit of your perfect dream job.
And although superhero and astronaut might be out of your league, there are plenty of cool jobs out there you may be uniquely qualified for.
CareerBuilder first assembled the big list of interesting jobs and interviewed these fine gentlemen, but now after careful analysis and prolonged meditation we present to you the 6 coolest dream jobs:
1. Brew Master - Salary: $30,000-$60,000 per year
Jonathan Cutler creates recipes and brews the restaurant’s beer selection at Piece Pizza, a Chicago-based pizzeria. He is the resident brewmaster.
Cutler started home brewing back in college, and completed a brewer training program after graduation. He refined his skills by going to as many beer tastings as he could. It’s not all drinking delicious beers and getting drunk though.
"Right now I'm drenched in sweat, I've got malt all over me and I'm wearing coveralls -- and the brewery is about 100 degrees," Cutler said.
Every guy has his own favorite beer and the world can never have too much of God’s nectar, so why not start on your path to becoming a legendary brew-Master of the Universe?
2. Casino Host - Salary: $15 per hour and up
The casino host is one of the few guys you actually like at a casino. He’s there to make the guest feel comfortable and will ‘comp’ a few drinks and maybe a few rooms. He’ll book your hotel reservations and probably collect some big tips.
At Connecticut's Mohegan Sun casino, there is a casino host on duty 24 hours per day. Eleftherios "Lefty" Mastorakis, executive host at Mohegan Sun, comes in at noon each day and spends the next eight hours or so checking messages from patrons and monitoring the gambling floor to deal with any requests that come up.
Mastorakis entered the casino business after high school and has held a variety of roles over the last 10 years. Lefty smartly does not himself indulge in gambling.
3. Ice Cream Creator - Salary: Food scientists average $56,600 a year
Derek Spors is one of those noble men who laid down his tastebuds to bring you the finest of Ben and Jerry’s. He refers to himself as an "ice cream scientologist" and senior product developer for Ben and Jerry's, where he is responsible for creating (and tasting) new flavors.
To be honest, he should probably drop that scientologist thing to avoid any confusion.
Spors will go around sampling ice cream flavors at many local restaurants and combines them in the lab.
And don’t worry about turning into a huge fat-ass on the job too. You only really have to taste a spoonful. It’s way better than being involved in those dreaded ice cream truck wars.
4. Toy Creator - Salary: Commercial and industrial designers earn an average salary of about $57,000 a year
Toy designers, also known as industrial designers, are the only single guys who can have a roomful of kid’s toys in their bedroom without being considered a pedophile.
This job entails combining your artistic talent with research to create the most appealing, fun and functional toys possible.
Fraser Campbell designs Hot Wheels toy cars. Sometimes he's creating control drawings or designing the vehicles, and other times involve administrative work like e-mails, commenting on designs and scheduling meetings.
Campbell said he always knew he wanted to be a car designer, and he planned his educational path accordingly -- attending an art foundation, getting a bachelor's degree in product design and earning a master's degree in industrial design.
Imagine getting paid to build sick car ramps and see how well they can hold up to an impromptu ‘Godzilla’ attack.
5. Video Game Designer - Salary: Starts around $25,000 with high growth potential
Jon Paquette is in the business of video games: He's the design director and writer for the Medal of Honor Airborne game for EA Los Angeles.
Paquette works with the company's development team, overseeing all design ideas and implementation. Sometimes this means days of meetings. Other days, he'll be at a desk reviewing level designs.
Seems like there is bureaucracy at every job. How bad could it be if you’re wearing one of those motion-capture suits and diving onto a stunt mat?
If you watch a lot of day-time or late-night TV you know that every DeVry or ITT Tech ad is trying to get you to enroll in one of their video game design programs. And although you probably won’t do much designing without a 4-year degree, it’ll still be cool to be so close to ‘the magic’.
6. Comic Book Guru – Salary: Entry-level pay starts around $20,000
Not all adult comic book gurus are as pretentious and overweight as the Simpson’s ‘Comic Book Guy’.
Josh Blaylock, for example, seems like a totally decent guy. He is the founder and president of comics publisher Devil's Due Publishing. He was always a big comic book fan and decided as a teenager to go to art school to pursue that dream.
After working as a comic book writer and artist, Blaylock started Devil's Due Publishing in 1999 and put the company on the map two years later when he resurrected the GI Joe comic series. Now he spends his days managing the day-to-day operations of his company, traveling to acquire new licenses, and reading plenty of comics.
Obviously with such mega-blockbusters as Spiderman, Ironman, and the much anticipated Dark Knight, the world of comic books is proving to be more profitable than ever. And, to be honest, we need more decent superhero characters to capture our imaginations. The days of weird anime and creepy Manga cartoons have gone on long enough.
So if these dream jobs seem like your cup of tea, then go for it. You’ll only have yourself to blame when 10 years from now your neighbor’s name is plastered all over Grand Theft Auto 9.
From Laura Morsch, CareerBuilder writer Dream Jobs, February 2008
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No 1 dream job of all time - Quality
No 1 dream job of all time - Quality Assurance for Playboy
How about Professional Drinker?
How about Professional Drinker? Baseball player? Writer? Bar Tender? Ladies Bicycle Seat?
This is a terrible list. First off,
This is a terrible list. First off, for the vast majority of people "brewmaster" is DEFINITELY not a dream job. Don't get me wrong, it's a lot of fun, but it's also a lot of work for not a lot of money. "Brewmaster" sounds very romantic, but the reality is quite different. Brewing beer is a labor of love that most guys just aren't going to have.
A better addition would have been a beer and spirits writer. See: Michael Jackson (not THAT Michael Jackson, this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(writer)).
Seriously, is the author of the list a
Seriously, is the author of the list a beer-brewing, ice cream-scooping, comic book-reading, and video game-playing goob? Where was scented candle collector? Did flower arranger even make it to the long list? Were dolphin waxer or chicken choker even considered?
are you serious? Not one job is even
are you serious? Not one job is even close to 100k a year.. Comic book guru..? yea right!!
I want 30 seconds of my life
I want 30 seconds of my life back.
I'm sorry, but why would my perfect job
I'm sorry, but why would my perfect job only pay $20,000? No Way. My perfect job has to pay over six figures.
pro golfer would def be up there. think
pro golfer would def be up there. think about it, alot of people retire and spent most of their free time golfing. these guys get millions for it.
Hmm, i think open source developer
Hmm, i think open source developer should include in the list..
i personally think being the manager of
i personally think being the manager of a krispy kreme store would pretty much any other jobs ass :)
Good friend of mine owns a couple girls
Good friend of mine owns a couple girls surf schools and girls surf clothes stores down in Brazil, pictures on his page, tell me if it doesnt look like the best job ever
http://realsportsnow.com/instructor.php?instructor_id=39
"So why do you only teach girls" I ask "I dont want to teach guys" he responds.
Sweet, as a food science major, two out
Sweet, as a food science major, two out of six of these apply to exact what I plan on doing.
That was the most retarded list of
That was the most retarded list of jobs. I think I speak for every guy when I say the only one that is really appealing is brew master. Where the fuck is CIA operative, or plastic surgeon? I would much rather have 6 passports and jet set around the globe, or touch random titties all day long then taste ice cream or (vomit) know any comic book that wasn't a movie. and even that is bad.
this list can officially tug it. i just had to comment on this, and if you are a guy and agree with all these jobs, you are a homosexual, just by the way.
gynecologist, like Geza
gynecologist, like Geza Csath
Did not list my job. I work at a
Did not list my job. I work at a semi-automated radio station. I click 3 to 5 buttons every 15 to 30 mins. I sit around watching DVDs. The hardest part is finding a good movie to watch. Make $15,000 a year. Not much, but my cost of living is great! This is the absolute truth!
What about the guy that rubs oil all
What about the guy that rubs oil all over the bikini models before photoshoots? List sucks these jobs are lame!
20k starting for a comic book guru????
20k starting for a comic book guru???? I work at a comic book shop. It's minimum wage. Hell, they only pay the store manager $15,600 a year.
Video Game Designer $25k year? Is this
Video Game Designer $25k year?
Is this post written in the -70s?
Designers usually start at $35k and move towards $50k fast!
weak...
weak...
Fighter pilot. Intense, but fucking
Fighter pilot. Intense, but fucking awesome.
I'd rather be a lion
I'd rather be a lion tamer.
i can think of about 20 jobs that i'd
i can think of about 20 jobs that i'd rather have than most of those jobs... I don't know where this woman came up with this crap.
I want to be a NASA SWAT team member.
I want to be a NASA SWAT team member. All they ever do is train.
I disagree with the above. It's not
I disagree with the above. It's not that these jobs are boring. Some are actually kind of cool, I just don't think any of them will help me get laid. thats what it's all about.
these are boring jobs, why would guys
these are boring jobs, why would guys want these jobs? there are wayt cooler ones.
You left out Supermodel Body
You left out Supermodel Body Painter
List sucks.Dream job is Anthony
List sucks.
Dream job is Anthony Bourdain's job: get paid to travel, eat and drink.
great that you came up with a list of
great that you came up with a list of cool job. Only people without kids and living at home maybe able to live on 20,000 a year. Come again!
Hacker?
Hacker?
International Airline Pilot.Nail Stews
International Airline Pilot.
Nail Stews in exotic locations....
Of course the 'Big Iron" guys get paid about the same as the people on this list ... Combined!
This is a HORRIBLE list! Who came up
This is a HORRIBLE list! Who came up with this?
LAME
LAME LIST
What about
What about artist?
gynecologist..... Cottage cheese
gynecologist..... Cottage cheese anyone?
Yeah, I know a video game designer and
Yeah, I know a video game designer and all he does is sit on IRC all day long jabbering about DOTA
I just like the chick with the fudge
I just like the chick with the fudge pop... The list sucks and the pay isn't that great.
LOL, I dunno man, a video game designer
LOL, I dunno man, a video game designer sounds like fun.
JJ
www.Ultimate-Anonymity.com
I dont want a single one of these. At
I dont want a single one of these. At all. Id rather clean toilets for the president. Yes, the current president.
My father once went down to the
My father once went down to the Carribean and, while walking down the beach, witnessed a professional photo shoot going on. This topless model was lounging on a rock, and there was a guy whose job it was to strategically drape seaweed over her exposed breasts. My father is seriously considering retiring from the steel industry.
What a fucking gay
What a fucking gay list.
There's better work out
There's better work out there..
perhaps this post should be titled
perhaps this post should be titled "dream jobs for nerdy 16 year olds"
Yes, this is a great list...if you're a
Yes, this is a great list...if you're a six-year-old.
Nothing great in the World has been
Nothing great in the World has been accomplished without passion.
this list gets a thumbs
this list gets a thumbs down
I work in the adult biz, it's a great
I work in the adult biz, it's a great job.. but you have to lie to friends and people that you meet because although we all love porn, not many can accept someone that works in the business.
I wanna be a condom
I wanna be a condom tester.
Neither pornstar nor pornographer made
Neither pornstar nor pornographer made the list? How are Hugh Hefner and Ron Jeremy not on the list? ...oh, you're trying to be tasteful. I see.
Then um, maybe sports star should be up there somewhere.
how about stand up comic, famous
how about stand up comic, famous abstract artist, trust fund kid, bikini photographer, international dj, or spoiled brat president idiot??? casino host? food additive creator? whatever...that sounds like work...
None of those jobs sound that great.
None of those jobs sound that great. Maybe video game designer.