看到武夷山老师的博客 成功就是做你喜欢做的事,还有人付钱给你 ,不由得想起我的一次经历。 去年的时候,MIT教授Edwin (Ned) Thomas来我们系访问,由我和另外两名同学陪同吃午饭。席间聊到职业选择问题,Ned说到,Faculty is probably the best job in the world, because you get paid to learn. 稍过片刻后又说,graduate student is the second best, because you are paid less, but you still get paid to learn. 当时席间气氛很轻松,还聊了很多其他的事情。但是到现在为止,给我印象最深刻的就是这句话了。如今临近毕业的时候再回头一想,真希望一直当学生啊:) 注:Ned Thomas,MIT材料科学与工程系教授,美国国家工程院院士,高分子物理学家,在嵌段共聚物方面的工作非常有名。
王应宽 转载 2009-11-20 UTC-6 CST UMN, St Paul 2009 年美国最火的 30 种职业 博主按: 金融危机和经济萎缩改变了原先的优势职业现状,华尔街的萧条迫使银行家们转向其它行业寻找就业机会。常言道,机遇在危机之后来临( Out of crisis comes opportunity, ),当一道门关闭的时候,另一道就会打开( When one door closes, another opens. )。机会总会有的。但往往表现得与众不同而不易被发现,稍纵即逝。新能源和保健行业孕育着巨大的就业机遇,但目前还不是时候,尚需假以时日。美国新闻与世界报道归纳总结出了 2009 年美国 最火爆的 30 种 职业。无论你在岗或下岗,工作市场的变迁都值得大家密切关注。您的行业景气吗?是否在这 30 种之列? The 30 Best Careers for 2009 U.S. News's annual list of 30 Best Careers gets updated for a rapidly changing economy. By Liz Wolgemuth Posted: December 11, 2008 Full list of Best Careers 2009: Audiologist Biomedical equipment technician Clergy Curriculum/training specialist Engineer Firefighter Fundraiser Genetic counselor Ghostwriter Government manager Hairstylist/Cosmetologist Health policy specialist Higher education administrator Landscape architect Librarian Locksmith/Security system technician Management consultant Mediator Occupational therapist Optometrist Pharmacist Physical therapist Physician assistant Politician/Elected official Registered nurse School psychologist Systems analyst Urban planner Usability/User experience specialist Veterinarian 资料来源: The 30 Best Careers for 2009 http://www.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2008/12/11/the-30-best-careers-for-2009.html?s_cid=related-links:TOP Some Points about the scoring criteria: So how did we select the Best Careers of 2009? We scored hundreds of careers on five criteria: Job outlook, which took into consideration the above three factors Average job satisfaction Difficulty of the required training Prestige Pay Check out how the 30 Best Careers scored on each criterion. Add and Subtract As a result of that scoring, we removed four of the careers that were on last year's list of 31: Investment Banker: The financial industry collapse has decimated its job market. Dentist: We have received too many reports of burnout and back problems. Editor: Much as we like our jobs , we dropped that career because the publishing industry is consolidating and using more volunteer and low-pay freelance editors. Some editing work is even being offshored. Professor: Although at its best, a professorship can be a wonderful career, even many highly qualified people report being unable to land a tenure-track position. And with research-productivity requirements ratcheted up, job satisfaction often isn't what it used to be. So, we have moved Professor from a Best Career to Overrrated Career . Then we added three careers: Health Policy Specialist. Healthcare reform is a high priority for President-elect Barack Obama and Congress. That should create many jobs in developing a plan we can all live with. Physical Therapist. In previous years, this career just missed inclusion because of its difficult training requirement and a job market dampened by the increased use of physical therapy assistants. But its score rose this year because two national surveys rated physical therapy as very high in job satisfaction. In addition, the job market will likely improve as aging baby boomers are ever more likely to suffer weekend-warrior injuries and worse. Veterinarian. In tough economic times, people seek comforts, and pets are among the most treasured. So, it's perhaps not surprising that income among small-animal veterinarians is up. And as the profile explains, veterinary medicine offers many advantages over being a physician.