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[kmusser]

Job quiz from snarkymarcy:

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A cartographer.

2. When you were 18, what did you think you were going to do with your life (career/college major.)

Become a cartographer :-)

3. It's hard to know what to do with your life when you're 18...is it at all similar to what you do now?

Yes *grin* Ok, so I was focused.

4. What was your favorite/most interested past job you had that is unrelated to what you are doing now?

Favorite was working retail at game stores.

Most interesting was probably my brief stint as a Christian Minister.

5. Guidance Counselor Marcy here...Money is not an object (you won enough lottery to now worry about how to pay the bills, and you are bored/it's the Star Trek universe where we have evolved past money.) What job would you do to fill your time?

The same thing as I'm doing now, GIS, though more field work would be fun. Would also switch to part-time to leave more time for travelling.

Comments

[ilostonjeopardy.livejournal.com]

What is GIS???

Learn me 'bout cartography!!!

[kmusser]

Geographic Information Systems - it's what's used to do most cartography these days, although it can do quite a bit more than just make maps. It's really a system for storing and analyzing all sorts of geographic information. For more info check out http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/index.html

[kmusser]

Yeah, even when I was little my parents would get me atlases for my birthday :-)