14th April 2010, 10:01 pm
So I’m on the plane back from CIL catching up on some old magazines that have piled up. The March USNWR contains this gem in an article on “Surviving the American Makeover” (on p16 if you’d like to play along at home):
Even some fields that often require advanced degrees — such as law, teaching, library science, [emphasis mine] and some medical-technology specialties — have relatively low income growth, because lots of people choose them and once you have the credentials, the work is fairly standardized. [emphasis again mine]
Care to discuss amongst yourselves?
15th December 2008, 12:55 pm
US News & World Report includes “librarian” among its “best careers for 2009. Aside from the annoying writing style (“They may even get to put on performances, like children’s puppet shows, and run other programs, like book discussion groups for elders!”), this is worth reading for the comments alone — which range along predictable lines from “don’t go into debt for this crap career,” to “librarianship is one of the best-kept secrets, I love my job.”
So what do you think — “best career” potential here?
Edited several hours later to add: If you come down on the “crap career” side of the equation, don’t miss Stephen Abram’s comments.
