Comments on: The Best, Worst, and Craziest Jobs.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 21:41:08 +0000

In reply to Moses. That's pretty interesting actually. I guess like other professions too like being an executive assistant to a mom and pop business vs mogul or something.

By: Moses

Moses — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 18:06:14 +0000

In reply to KM. I think CE's who work in the oil industry drive that number up. There's a huge difference between water resources/transportation engineers and structural engineers. All the same degree.

By: Mary Anne @ BillGuard

Mary Anne @ BillGuard — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:21:10 +0000

$200 a day for being a Saddam Hussein look-alike? Yep, that’s officially the craziest job that I’ve ever read about. …. I’m surprised that veteranians have such a tough time paying back student loans. Because they have doctor-level training, I imagined that they’d enjoy higher pay. Like you, I once used to think that I wanted to be a vet … but it turns out that I just enjoy playing with dogs and cats, not operating on them. :-)

By: Mark Ross @ Think Rich. Be Free.

Mark Ross @ Think Rich. Be Free. — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:49:49 +0000

I knew it, I should have took economics. Oh well, I’ll just have to settle on being an engineer.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:31:20 +0000

In reply to thepotatohead.

The numbers came from an article on Yahoo Finance:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-worst-careers-debt-172829721.html

I, too, stopped following my dream of going into advertising shortly after college ;) Granted it was only a half-baked dream of mine (I thought I’d roll up into NYC and snag a (paying) job 1-2-3. Hah!), but it was a fun one while it lasted. Ended up working for the airlines and traveling the world instead for a year or so.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:27:19 +0000

In reply to Jacob @ iHeartBudgets. of course ;)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:26:43 +0000

In reply to Shafi. Hahahaa....

By: thepotatohead

thepotatohead — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:44:34 +0000

Woooooffff (pun intended) 28 yrs to pay off Vet school, holy cow would have never thought it would be that bad. Where did you get that advertising figure btw? I graduated with an advertising degree, and that certainly seems way higher then the figures we were quoted. (note I didn’t follow my dreams and ended up working for the man at a cubicled government job)

By: Debt Blag

Debt Blag — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 02:50:10 +0000

I wonder how loosely they’re defining “economist” there. From my interaction with them, many of the people who carry that title have PhD’s. Not that there is anything wrong with getting a PhD, but you better want more than to pay off loans quickly if you’re going to put that much effort into it.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:52:17 +0000

I spent nearly three years working at a horse farm, breeding and raising race horses. There was a lot of artificial inseminating going on so I guess I have worked in the Odd Jobs category.