Best Careers CNNmoney.com

[airjaw]

edit:: forgot to include the link.. the site has more information, including ease of entry, creativity, flexibility, and stress level.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/top50/index.html

Don't know if this was already posted but thought it was interesting.
The professions in bold are ones that are theoretically suitable for INTP's.

I find it interesting how life balances out. Even though we have trouble finding jobs... the jobs that we are best at are the best jobs.

1 Software engineer 46.07% $80,427
2 College professor 31.39% $81,491
3 Financial advisor 25.92% $122,462
4 Human resources manager 23.47% $73,731
5 Physician assistant 49.65% $75,117
6 Market research analyst 20.19% $82,317
7 Computer/IT analyst 36.10% $83,427
8 Real estate appraiser 22.78% $66,216
9 Pharmacist 24.57% $91,998
10 Psychologist 19.14% $66,359
11 Advertising manager 20.34% $107,049
12 Physical therapist 36.74% $54,883
13 Technical writer 23.22% $57,841
14 Chiropractor 22.40% $84,996
15 Medical scientist 34.06% $70,053
16 Physical scientist 12.18% $80,213
17 Engineer

[Nighthawk]

Don't know if this was already posted but thought it was interesting.
The professions in bold are ones that are theoretically suitable for INTP's.

I find it interesting how life balances out. Even though we have trouble finding jobs... the jobs that we are best at are the best jobs.

1 Software engineer 46.07% $80,427
2 College professor 31.39% $81,491
3 Financial advisor 25.92% $122,462
4 Human resources manager 23.47% $73,731
5 Physician assistant 49.65% $75,117
6 Market research analyst 20.19% $82,317
7 Computer/IT analyst 36.10% $83,427
8 Real estate appraiser 22.78% $66,216
9 Pharmacist 24.57% $91,998
10 Psychologist 19.14% $66,359
11 Advertising manager 20.34% $107,049
12 Physical therapist 36.74% $54,883
13 Technical writer 23.22% $57,841
14 Chiropractor 22.40% $84,996
15 Medical scientist 34.06% $70,053
16 Physical scientist 12.18% $80,213
17 Engineer

Amazing that software engineer is still on top, with all the outsourcing that is going on.

[Ferrus]

Well the problem is that many of them are very hard to break into without the right contacts and education.

[Conan]

I find it interesting how life balances out. Even though we have trouble finding jobs... the jobs that we are best at are the best jobs.


Its great youre pointing this out to people especially considering how many INTPs here bitch and moan about how hard it is for them in this society. (I would argue INTPs can also make very capable financial advisors, market research analysts, real estate appraisers, and pharmacists.)

[zhang_bob]

Well the problem is that many of them are very hard to break into without the right contacts and education.
I thought that was true of most things.

[Ferrus]

I thought that was true of most things.
Well, not street cleaning, or so I hear :ph34r:

[zhang_bob]

Well, not street cleaning, or so I hear :ph34r:We are not talking about the shit jobs, we are talking about the best careers.

[eyebyte_atWork]

Amazing that software engineer is still on top, with all the outsourcing that is going on.


That figure must include the outsourced software engineers.