It's still a little early to be thinking about the NFL but now that the free agency period and the draft are over, most teams are pretty much set. So it's at time like this where not much is going on in sports (unless you actually find the NBA playoffs to be enjoyable to watch) to make some predictions on how teams and players will fare in the 2010 season.
1. The New Orleans Saints will not win their division.
This could just be a prediction made out of spite because of the loss they handed my Minnesota Vikings in the NFC championship but my money is on the Atlanta Falcons. Matt Ryan is only going to get better as he gains experience and should have one of the premiere offenses with Michael Turner in the backfield. Another thing is the Saints won far too many games last year in some of the most bizarre ways. I just don't think they get so lucky this year. The pattern with this division is that no team can seem to win the division two years in a row. I think that pattern continues next year.
2. The Lions will be a .500 team.
As strange is this may sound, I've really been liking all the moves they've been making lately. Adding Nate Burleson gives them a solid receiving core with Calvin Johnson as the number 1. Stafford should only get better as he gains experience. And their defensive line should be a lot better with the addition of Ndamukong Suh and Kyle Vanden Bosch. They're a team on the rise that could make a playoff push.
3. Aaron Rodgers will be the NFL MVP.
As much as I hate to say, this guy is a beast. I've seen a lot of improvement in his first two years as the starting QB. He put up monster numbers last year with virtually no offensive line. After making some upgrades to that line, he may be poised to have a huge year.
4. New England misses the playoffs again.
I just don't see where they are gonna fit into the playoff picture. I've got San Diego, Baltimore, New York, and Indianapolis winning their division. And then I've got Tennessee and Cincinatti as the wild card teams. I think that Brady's best days are behind him and that defense can't stop anybody. The only thing that makes me question this prediction is that Bill Belichik is a genius and can make mediocre players look like studs.
5.The Philadelphia Eagles are still better than the Washington Redskins
Don't get me wrong, these teams are going to be a very good matchup next year. I just think the Eagles are still a little better. I like what they've got for receivers in DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin. And I think Kevin Kolb is ready to step in and be the QB of the future.
Monday, May 3, 2010
The Favre Saga continues
Just when you thought his decision would be an easy one, an unexpected twist gets thrown in the equation. Favre announced last week that in order to play next year, he is going to have to get surgery for the ankle that he injured in that epic NFC Championship game against the New Orleans Saints. So now the waiting game we've put up with the last 4 years begins again. Will he play or won't he? Only time will tell at this point.
What does this mean for the Minnesota Vikings? Nothing good. Throughout this entire offseason, we made no real acquisitions because we thought our team was good where it was already at. We sat back and watched Donovan McNabb get traded to the Redskins after he stated himself that the Vikings were number one on his list of teams to go to. Then the draft rolls around and Jimmy Clausen falls into our laps like a gift from god in the late 1st round and the early 2nd round. What do we do? We pass him on him because we're set at QB.
Now all of this could be thrown out the window along with our 2010 season. If Favre doesn't come back next year, we are looking at Tavaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels, both of which are mediocre at best. I did feel like Jackson showed some serious signs of improvement in last year's preseason. But yeah it is just the preseason and this is probably just me being ridiculously optimistic.
There is a glimmer of hope in all of this though. An analyst on ESPN, I think it was Matt Millen, said that Favre is going to have to get surgery either way whether he wants to play next year or not. So if he has to get the surgery anyways, he mine as well play football too. Maybe this is just me being a little too optimistic again.
All that we know right now is that the Vikings future is uncertain. A lot of the questions we have about our team will be answered by Brett Favre. When that will be? No one knows.
What does this mean for the Minnesota Vikings? Nothing good. Throughout this entire offseason, we made no real acquisitions because we thought our team was good where it was already at. We sat back and watched Donovan McNabb get traded to the Redskins after he stated himself that the Vikings were number one on his list of teams to go to. Then the draft rolls around and Jimmy Clausen falls into our laps like a gift from god in the late 1st round and the early 2nd round. What do we do? We pass him on him because we're set at QB.
Now all of this could be thrown out the window along with our 2010 season. If Favre doesn't come back next year, we are looking at Tavaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels, both of which are mediocre at best. I did feel like Jackson showed some serious signs of improvement in last year's preseason. But yeah it is just the preseason and this is probably just me being ridiculously optimistic.
There is a glimmer of hope in all of this though. An analyst on ESPN, I think it was Matt Millen, said that Favre is going to have to get surgery either way whether he wants to play next year or not. So if he has to get the surgery anyways, he mine as well play football too. Maybe this is just me being a little too optimistic again.
All that we know right now is that the Vikings future is uncertain. A lot of the questions we have about our team will be answered by Brett Favre. When that will be? No one knows.
Run Ricky Run
Lately I've been watching a lot of those ESPN 30 for 30 films or whatever they're called. Some good, some not so good. But the one that really caught my attention was Run Ricky Run, the story of Ricky Williams.
For anyone who doesn't know who Ricky Williams, here's a quick run down on him. He played running back for Texas in college where he won the heisman. Then after college, played in the NFL for New Orleans and Miami where he had a very successful career, only to retire in his prime after being suspended for the first four games of the 2004 season for testing positive for marijuana for the 3rd time. Anytime a player decides to retire when they are peaking it is gonna raise eyebrows, Jim Brown and Barry Sanders come to mind.
The thought on Ricky Williams after his retirement was that he left the NFL just because he wanted to smoke pot. One of the main points, of the movie is to disprove this notion by showing us the struggles that Ricky has gone through and how he has dealt with them. They want to show us that he's not just some pot head who is always fiending weed, he's a man who has endured some profound struggles.
The thing that makes this movie so interesting is the interviews with Ricky Williams. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Ricky Williams might be one of the most fascinating sports figures of all time. His attitude and outlook on life are just so different from anyone else's. He's one of the guys who is not afraid to speak his mind and tell how he feels no matter how out there his opinion is.
Here is a short clip of the movie that gives a brief synopsis of what the movies about.
For anyone who doesn't know who Ricky Williams, here's a quick run down on him. He played running back for Texas in college where he won the heisman. Then after college, played in the NFL for New Orleans and Miami where he had a very successful career, only to retire in his prime after being suspended for the first four games of the 2004 season for testing positive for marijuana for the 3rd time. Anytime a player decides to retire when they are peaking it is gonna raise eyebrows, Jim Brown and Barry Sanders come to mind.
The thought on Ricky Williams after his retirement was that he left the NFL just because he wanted to smoke pot. One of the main points, of the movie is to disprove this notion by showing us the struggles that Ricky has gone through and how he has dealt with them. They want to show us that he's not just some pot head who is always fiending weed, he's a man who has endured some profound struggles.
The thing that makes this movie so interesting is the interviews with Ricky Williams. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Ricky Williams might be one of the most fascinating sports figures of all time. His attitude and outlook on life are just so different from anyone else's. He's one of the guys who is not afraid to speak his mind and tell how he feels no matter how out there his opinion is.
Here is a short clip of the movie that gives a brief synopsis of what the movies about.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Possible jobs in sports writing
In sports writing there are really only two types of jobs you can have. You can either be a reporter or an analyst. A reporter is just gonna give you the facts, no opinion or anything, just how the game played out. The analyst on the other hand is mainly going to tell you why a certain team won or lost and discuss what the future holds for those teams. So obviously the more prestigious of the two is the analyst. In order to get to the point where you are able to voice your opinion for a publication you have to first make a name for yourself as a reporter. So basically, it is a ladder that you have to climb.
Other things to consider are what sport I would specialize in. Most sports writers do not cover every team for every sport. They pick a specific sport and in a lot of cases a specific team and write only about that. If I were to choose a sport to cover it would either be football or baseball, leaning more towards football. And if possible I'd like to cover the Minnesota Vikings or Minnesota Twins.
Another interesting scenario would be to write for a fantasy sports column or magazine. Fantasy sports have always been a guilty pleasure of mine so I find this job to be highly desirable. For the most part, the guys who hold this job tend to higher profile just because it takes so much knowledge of whatever game it is that you cover to be successful. You have to be able to predict how players are going to do based on how much potential you think a guy has. This definitely has to be the funnest job in sports writing. In a fantasy magazine I read, the writer bragged about how him and his colleagues actually got paid to do a fantasy draft at work. Something that many people around the country do in their spare time just for fun.
Other things to consider are what sport I would specialize in. Most sports writers do not cover every team for every sport. They pick a specific sport and in a lot of cases a specific team and write only about that. If I were to choose a sport to cover it would either be football or baseball, leaning more towards football. And if possible I'd like to cover the Minnesota Vikings or Minnesota Twins.
Another interesting scenario would be to write for a fantasy sports column or magazine. Fantasy sports have always been a guilty pleasure of mine so I find this job to be highly desirable. For the most part, the guys who hold this job tend to higher profile just because it takes so much knowledge of whatever game it is that you cover to be successful. You have to be able to predict how players are going to do based on how much potential you think a guy has. This definitely has to be the funnest job in sports writing. In a fantasy magazine I read, the writer bragged about how him and his colleagues actually got paid to do a fantasy draft at work. Something that many people around the country do in their spare time just for fun.
Why I no longer want to be an actuary?
In the last few posts that I have written, the subject of actuarial science was nowhere to be seen. The reason for this is that I realized that I really really don't want to be an actuary. A few things brought me to this realization.
First off, that god forsaken book that I bought for this blog. I can't believe I spent 20 bucks on that thing. Talk about snooze city. That thing has got to be just about impossible to read. The book doesn't try the slightest bit to spice the material up. It's almost as bad as reading an AP Biology textbook. So after reading through the first 20 pages, it just kinda hit me, the reason this book is so boring is that it's just a boring job that deals with very boring subject matter. I'd actually like to congratulate the writer for not glamorizing this career or trying to make it more exciting than it is. Had this book not been so boring I would maybe still be considering it as a possible career.
Secondly, It just doesn't interest me enough. Pretty simple really. I think math is all right and I'm decent at it but I sure as hell don't want to do it for the rest of my life.
Lastly, I've just seen too many movies that portray actuaries' to have really garbage jobs.
Example 1:Fight Club. They didn't flat up say Ed Norton's character was an actuary but whatever he was it's very similar. What happens in this move in a nutshell is Ed Norton hates his life so much mainly because of his job that he creates a second personality in order to escape his own crappy life.
Example 2: About Schmidt. Jack Nicholson was definitely an actuary in this one. The move brings us to the conclusion that Jack Nicholson's character has wasted life and really has nothing to show for it.]
Yeah I know these are just movies and I shouldn't take them as fact but still it's kind of hard to ignore. I mean have you ever seen a movie that portrays an actuary in a positive light?
So yeah, that's why I don't want to be an actuary anymore and why I stopped writing about. This will be the last post about actuaries.
First off, that god forsaken book that I bought for this blog. I can't believe I spent 20 bucks on that thing. Talk about snooze city. That thing has got to be just about impossible to read. The book doesn't try the slightest bit to spice the material up. It's almost as bad as reading an AP Biology textbook. So after reading through the first 20 pages, it just kinda hit me, the reason this book is so boring is that it's just a boring job that deals with very boring subject matter. I'd actually like to congratulate the writer for not glamorizing this career or trying to make it more exciting than it is. Had this book not been so boring I would maybe still be considering it as a possible career.
Secondly, It just doesn't interest me enough. Pretty simple really. I think math is all right and I'm decent at it but I sure as hell don't want to do it for the rest of my life.
Lastly, I've just seen too many movies that portray actuaries' to have really garbage jobs.
Example 1:Fight Club. They didn't flat up say Ed Norton's character was an actuary but whatever he was it's very similar. What happens in this move in a nutshell is Ed Norton hates his life so much mainly because of his job that he creates a second personality in order to escape his own crappy life.
Example 2: About Schmidt. Jack Nicholson was definitely an actuary in this one. The move brings us to the conclusion that Jack Nicholson's character has wasted life and really has nothing to show for it.]
Yeah I know these are just movies and I shouldn't take them as fact but still it's kind of hard to ignore. I mean have you ever seen a movie that portrays an actuary in a positive light?
So yeah, that's why I don't want to be an actuary anymore and why I stopped writing about. This will be the last post about actuaries.
More on Sports Writing
All right, so just recently I have come to the conclusion that I want pursue a career in writing sports. It just seemed like the right fit. It goes well with a lot of my interests and it's something I could see myself doing for many years. So now that I have established what it is that I want to do I have been doing some research here and there on different aspects of sports writing. Mainly things like what kind of a degree do you need, salary, and the typical work day of a sports writer.
I found most of the answers to my questions in this article that I read. After reading it just confirmed a lot of my thoughts on why I would want to be a sports writer. For example, the article states that a typical day for a sports writer consists of waking up around 11, doing research on whatever sport/team you primarily write about. Then you watch the game, write your story and your done. Sounds like a pretty decent day to me.
Some things that I was able to learn from this article were that in order to get his job you need a journalism degree, the average salary of a sports writer is 45k to 65k, and having some sort of background with your school newspaper is probably ideal. These were the main facts that I was hoping to learn from this article.
The only real bad thing that the article mentioned was that the market for sports writers is shrinking. And it also mentioned that most sports writers have to travel around the country a lot and it can be a bit of a grind. But for me, I like to travel so that really shouldn't be a problem. So all in all, I was pretty satisfied with what I read and received some encouragement from reading this article.
So now that I have established my desired career, I am going to start posting on the different types of jobs in this field and will probably write about current sports topics a well. I kinda get the feeling that this blog is going to move more in the direction of being a sports blog instead of a career blog due to the lack of material that I have left.
I found most of the answers to my questions in this article that I read. After reading it just confirmed a lot of my thoughts on why I would want to be a sports writer. For example, the article states that a typical day for a sports writer consists of waking up around 11, doing research on whatever sport/team you primarily write about. Then you watch the game, write your story and your done. Sounds like a pretty decent day to me.
Some things that I was able to learn from this article were that in order to get his job you need a journalism degree, the average salary of a sports writer is 45k to 65k, and having some sort of background with your school newspaper is probably ideal. These were the main facts that I was hoping to learn from this article.
The only real bad thing that the article mentioned was that the market for sports writers is shrinking. And it also mentioned that most sports writers have to travel around the country a lot and it can be a bit of a grind. But for me, I like to travel so that really shouldn't be a problem. So all in all, I was pretty satisfied with what I read and received some encouragement from reading this article.
So now that I have established my desired career, I am going to start posting on the different types of jobs in this field and will probably write about current sports topics a well. I kinda get the feeling that this blog is going to move more in the direction of being a sports blog instead of a career blog due to the lack of material that I have left.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Sports Writer?
The other day it just dawned on me that the perfect job for me is, sports writer. It just makes the most sense. It fits all the categories of my criteria.
Am I interested/passionate about this subject? Yes
Sports is a subject that I think and talk about frequently.It's something I'm very knowledgeable about and enjoy discussing with other people. So having a lack of interest would not be a problem.
Does it earn a decent income? yes
According to this article, the average income of a sports writer is 49 k per year. For me that's plenty.
Is there are a fairly high demand for this job? Yes
There's a fair amount of openings out there and wouldn't be extremely difficult to find a job.
I'm pretty sure that this is what I want to do. I know I said that actuary is what I probably wanted to be but I'm basically throwing that out the window. It just seemed like to much number crunching and the book I am reading,Actuaries' Survival Guide, makes the job sound really lame.
So from now on, I'll be posting about sports writers and how I plan on pursuing that career. I'll probably throw in one more post about this book about actuaries' I've been reading just because I already paid for it and don't want to let that money go to complete waste.
Am I interested/passionate about this subject? Yes
Sports is a subject that I think and talk about frequently.It's something I'm very knowledgeable about and enjoy discussing with other people. So having a lack of interest would not be a problem.
Does it earn a decent income? yes
According to this article, the average income of a sports writer is 49 k per year. For me that's plenty.
Is there are a fairly high demand for this job? Yes
There's a fair amount of openings out there and wouldn't be extremely difficult to find a job.
I'm pretty sure that this is what I want to do. I know I said that actuary is what I probably wanted to be but I'm basically throwing that out the window. It just seemed like to much number crunching and the book I am reading,Actuaries' Survival Guide, makes the job sound really lame.
So from now on, I'll be posting about sports writers and how I plan on pursuing that career. I'll probably throw in one more post about this book about actuaries' I've been reading just because I already paid for it and don't want to let that money go to complete waste.
Career in Pizza Hut?
The other day I was at work (Pizza Hut), talking to my boss about his career and I learned some interesting things Pizza Hut. He dropped out of high school when he was 16 and took on a full time job at pizza hut. By the time he was 20, he was the general manager of pizza hut making about 45k per year, a very respectable income. So with very little education, he was able to achieve this.
Well now he is quitting because his girlfriend just got a job in Minnesota and is moving there with her. The guy replacing him is a driver who has less experience than I do(less than 3 months). He too dropped out of high school and has little experience as a manager. His only qualifications are that he takes his job extremely serious and has great work ethic. So just like that he's going from minimum wage with tips to 45 grand a year.
What this made me realize is how easy it is to move up the ladder at this establishment if you really want to. If you put a lot of effort into the job and wait for the right opportunity, you can move up that ladder.
The main reason I'm writing this post is that in an earlier post I made a comment about how much it would suck to be stuck working there. It's not that I am seriously considering this as a career, I just wanted to show that this definitely is not the worst possibility and has plenty of opportunities to move up.
So yeah, despite all this it's still not really something I want to pursue but if somehow forced into a situation where that was my only option, I'd probably be able to make the best of it.
Well now he is quitting because his girlfriend just got a job in Minnesota and is moving there with her. The guy replacing him is a driver who has less experience than I do(less than 3 months). He too dropped out of high school and has little experience as a manager. His only qualifications are that he takes his job extremely serious and has great work ethic. So just like that he's going from minimum wage with tips to 45 grand a year.
What this made me realize is how easy it is to move up the ladder at this establishment if you really want to. If you put a lot of effort into the job and wait for the right opportunity, you can move up that ladder.
The main reason I'm writing this post is that in an earlier post I made a comment about how much it would suck to be stuck working there. It's not that I am seriously considering this as a career, I just wanted to show that this definitely is not the worst possibility and has plenty of opportunities to move up.
So yeah, despite all this it's still not really something I want to pursue but if somehow forced into a situation where that was my only option, I'd probably be able to make the best of it.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Professional Poker Player?
This is the job that I have dreamed about for the last few years. It is definitely more of a pipe dream than anything else but none the less, it would certainly be my preferred career choice. Poker has been one of my biggest passions the last few years. I play with my friends once a week and online a few times a week, I watch poker on TV and I read books about poker. So as you can see, I find the sport or card game(if you don't consider poker to be a sport) to be fascinating in a lot of ways.
But apart from the fact that I am extremely passionate about poker, there are quite a few other reasons for why this profession would suit me well. First off, pro poker players are known to be very lazy as am I. The job is not going to be all that physically demanding. The entire job can be done at home at your computer. As pathetic of a reason as that may be, it is definitely a plus for me. Another reason is that I am very competitive when it comes to sport so this job would fulfill that competitive side of my personality. And last, there is the potential of earning millions of dollars and becoming famous. I think this reason speaks for itself.
On the flip side, there are plenty of cons to this profession. Mainly, it is not gonna be easy to make a living off this profession. Millions of people play poker, but very few are actually good enough to go pro and make millions. The lack of a consistent income would make this profession a very risky option. Having to constantly worry about food being on the table is not exactly something I want to be associated with my ideal job.
So, I just thought I'd get a post in that discussed another option that I was kinda considering. Even though it is pretty unrealistic, I wanted to put it on the table and weigh the pros and cons.
But apart from the fact that I am extremely passionate about poker, there are quite a few other reasons for why this profession would suit me well. First off, pro poker players are known to be very lazy as am I. The job is not going to be all that physically demanding. The entire job can be done at home at your computer. As pathetic of a reason as that may be, it is definitely a plus for me. Another reason is that I am very competitive when it comes to sport so this job would fulfill that competitive side of my personality. And last, there is the potential of earning millions of dollars and becoming famous. I think this reason speaks for itself.
On the flip side, there are plenty of cons to this profession. Mainly, it is not gonna be easy to make a living off this profession. Millions of people play poker, but very few are actually good enough to go pro and make millions. The lack of a consistent income would make this profession a very risky option. Having to constantly worry about food being on the table is not exactly something I want to be associated with my ideal job.
So, I just thought I'd get a post in that discussed another option that I was kinda considering. Even though it is pretty unrealistic, I wanted to put it on the table and weigh the pros and cons.
The Book I am reading
The book that I will be reading for this blog is written by Fred E. Szabo and is titled Actuaries' Survival Guide. It's supposed to give insight into what kind of work an actuary actually does, how difficult there job is, and what kinds of people would enjoy this line of work. Some of the things found in the book are how exactly you attain a job as an actuary(classes and exams that are required to become an actuary), the working conditions and difficulty of the job, and advice and insight from over 50 actuaries. I'm really looking forward to reading the latter. I think some info about the job from an actual actuary could be really helpful.
I'm really hoping to learn a lot more about what an actuary does. As of right now I have a very vague understanding of what their duties actually consist of. All I really know is that they usually work for insurance companies and that they assess the risk of certain scenarios occurring. I also know that the job requires a lot math and that is the main reason that I am interested. I may be a little off on some of this but that is why I am reading the book. I would also like to learn more about how difficult it is to become an actuary. From what I have heard from people who are also pursuing this career, the course load can get heavy at times and the exams that must be passed in order to become an actuary are pretty difficult. Lastly, I liked know more about what kinds of people would be interested in this profession. Being that I am not sure of what I want to do, this is pretty important. I'd like to know how compatible I would be with this job. Math is one of my best subjects so I'd think that it would be a pretty good career for me. But maybe there are certain types of personalities that are more compatible with this profession
So yeah these are some of my expectations for the book and things that I would like to learn. I really do hope that this book will ultimately help me decide on whether or not I want to be an actuary. It should be an interesting read and give me a good idea of what it is like to be an actuary.
I'm really hoping to learn a lot more about what an actuary does. As of right now I have a very vague understanding of what their duties actually consist of. All I really know is that they usually work for insurance companies and that they assess the risk of certain scenarios occurring. I also know that the job requires a lot math and that is the main reason that I am interested. I may be a little off on some of this but that is why I am reading the book. I would also like to learn more about how difficult it is to become an actuary. From what I have heard from people who are also pursuing this career, the course load can get heavy at times and the exams that must be passed in order to become an actuary are pretty difficult. Lastly, I liked know more about what kinds of people would be interested in this profession. Being that I am not sure of what I want to do, this is pretty important. I'd like to know how compatible I would be with this job. Math is one of my best subjects so I'd think that it would be a pretty good career for me. But maybe there are certain types of personalities that are more compatible with this profession
So yeah these are some of my expectations for the book and things that I would like to learn. I really do hope that this book will ultimately help me decide on whether or not I want to be an actuary. It should be an interesting read and give me a good idea of what it is like to be an actuary.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Actuary #1 Job in America
Actuaries always seem to get a bad rep from movies. Every movie that I've seen that contains an actuary as one of the main characters, portrays them as really depressed people who dislike their line of work or as really up tight people who are afraid to take chances. Examples of this are Fight Club, About Schmdt and Along Came Polly.
So naturally, that will leave a lot of people with the opinion that being an Actuary is a crappy job. I was beginning to feel that way as well until I read this article on careercast.com. The article composed a list of the top 10 jobs in the U.S. and Actuaries topped the list. The criteria that was used to rate each job were physical demands, work environment, stress, income and hiring outlook. According to the article, actuaries were in the top ten of every category except for median income where it ranked 22nd with $86,000.
So yeah, don't be fooled by the negative portrayal of actuaries in the movies.It is a job with a lot of upside and should be held in higher reguards.
I know you are probably thinking that there is no way that actuary is the best job in the country. There's got to be better jobs right? Well, the articles goal was not to list the most glamorous jobs but to find the job with the best combo of the criteria they were looking for and that provided a positive experience for the majority of its employees.
So naturally, that will leave a lot of people with the opinion that being an Actuary is a crappy job. I was beginning to feel that way as well until I read this article on careercast.com. The article composed a list of the top 10 jobs in the U.S. and Actuaries topped the list. The criteria that was used to rate each job were physical demands, work environment, stress, income and hiring outlook. According to the article, actuaries were in the top ten of every category except for median income where it ranked 22nd with $86,000.
So yeah, don't be fooled by the negative portrayal of actuaries in the movies.It is a job with a lot of upside and should be held in higher reguards.
I know you are probably thinking that there is no way that actuary is the best job in the country. There's got to be better jobs right? Well, the articles goal was not to list the most glamorous jobs but to find the job with the best combo of the criteria they were looking for and that provided a positive experience for the majority of its employees.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
What do I want to do?
Well to start this blog off, I'll begin by answering the above question with a bold, "I'm not really sure". With graduation right around the corner, it's a question that's coming up more often from relatives, friends and mainly my parents so it would be nice to have a definite answer. I do at least have my future career narrowed down to a few options, so I guess it's not that I don't have any clue of what I want to do, it's that I'm undecided on which option to choose.
There are really only a few things that I am looking for in my future career. First off, the job has to earn a decent amount of money. Secondly, it has to be something that I am passionate about or at least interested in. And last but probably least important to me, I'd like for it to be something in which there is a high demand for.
Here's a list of options that I am currently considering with a brief explanation and quick list of pros and cons.
1.Actuary: Basically what an actuary does is assessing risk for insurance companies. This is probably the job that I am leaning towards as of now. The main subjects it would deal with are math and economics, two subjects that I find interesting and excel in.
2.Engineer: I'm not sure what kind of engineer I would want to be. I just know that whatever type of engineering you do go into, it pays pretty good and there is almost always a pretty high demand for engineers. The downside is that you need a pretty strong background in physics to be an engineer, and the further I get into AP Physics the more I hate it. So it may not be the best fit for me.
3.Film:I'm a pretty big movie buff and find the way movies are made to be pretty interesting. The main problems with this are that job stability would probably be shaky and the pay may not be the greatest.
4. Professional Poker Player: This one's a bit of a pipe dream. It would be a sweet job but would be almost impossible to maintain a steady income.
5. Career in Pizza Hut: If I fail at everything in my life this is where I will probably end up. Hopefully this doesn't happen because I've seen what 30 years of delivering pizzas can do to a person and it's not pretty.
So throughout this blog, I will focus most of the posts on actuaries and every now and then I will throw in a post about some of my other career options.
There are really only a few things that I am looking for in my future career. First off, the job has to earn a decent amount of money. Secondly, it has to be something that I am passionate about or at least interested in. And last but probably least important to me, I'd like for it to be something in which there is a high demand for.
Here's a list of options that I am currently considering with a brief explanation and quick list of pros and cons.
1.Actuary: Basically what an actuary does is assessing risk for insurance companies. This is probably the job that I am leaning towards as of now. The main subjects it would deal with are math and economics, two subjects that I find interesting and excel in.
2.Engineer: I'm not sure what kind of engineer I would want to be. I just know that whatever type of engineering you do go into, it pays pretty good and there is almost always a pretty high demand for engineers. The downside is that you need a pretty strong background in physics to be an engineer, and the further I get into AP Physics the more I hate it. So it may not be the best fit for me.
3.Film:I'm a pretty big movie buff and find the way movies are made to be pretty interesting. The main problems with this are that job stability would probably be shaky and the pay may not be the greatest.
4. Professional Poker Player: This one's a bit of a pipe dream. It would be a sweet job but would be almost impossible to maintain a steady income.
5. Career in Pizza Hut: If I fail at everything in my life this is where I will probably end up. Hopefully this doesn't happen because I've seen what 30 years of delivering pizzas can do to a person and it's not pretty.
So throughout this blog, I will focus most of the posts on actuaries and every now and then I will throw in a post about some of my other career options.
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