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Thursday, June 28, 2007

The Worst Jobs in Science 2007

Popsci.com’s annual bottom-10 list, in which they salute the men and women who do what no salary can adequately reward

Number 1: Hazmat Diver
They swim in sewage. Enough said.

Number 2: Oceanographer
Nothing but bad news, day in and day out

Number 3: Elephant Vasectomist
When your patient is Earth’s largest land animal, sterilization is a big job

Number 4: Garbologist
Think Indiana Jones— in a Dumpster

Number 5: Coursework Carcass Preparer
They kill, pickle, and bottle the critters that schoolkids cut up

Number 6: Microsoft Security Grunt
Like wearing a big sign that reads “Hack Me”

Number 7: Gravity Research Subject
They’re strapped down so astronauts can blast off

Number 8: Olympic Drug Tester
When your job is drug testing the world’s top athletes, there’s no way to win

Number 9: Forensic Entomologist
Solving murders by studying maggots

Number 10: Whale-Feces Researcher
They scoop up whale dung, then dig through it for clues

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