Suppose you know you are an idiot, what profession should you choose?

Discussion in 'Professional Trading' started by lolatency, Mar 24, 2009.

  1. Humpy

    Humpy

    Think positive

    There's always hope

    Remember "The Rainman" ?

    Somewhere someplace there is the very place for you and your, as yet, undiscovered talent to give you satisfaction in life
     
    #81     Mar 27, 2009
  2. Cutten

    Cutten

    Become a philosopher or wise man. Realizing you are dumb and stupid is the first step to knowledge and enlightenment.
     
    #82     Mar 27, 2009
  3. spindr0

    spindr0

    If I may change man to woman, I'd suggest becoming the surgeon's wife. He's usually a lot older, has lots of life insurance, works long hours and if you're lucky, he suffers from a bad cough.

    You, OTOH, have difficult days facing you. You have to deal with the spa (manicures, pedicures, massages, etc.), the gym, socialite responsibilites (the likes of charitable dance, golf, polo events), periodic redecoration of the house with a living room big enough hide the homes of many of us, shopping sprees, etc. And don't forget the muscular pool man who's a well tanned dream boat. The only real downside to all of this is that scalpel boy may require that you drop a few crumb snatchers in the rice paddy when you'd rather be out playing.

    All in all, I'd say that it's the ideal gig for an idiot, preferably blonde.

    :)
     
    #83     Mar 29, 2009
  4. Dobbes

    Dobbes

    If you're an idiot/have no viable prospects, there's nothing better than a union job. Easy way to earn more than the market thinks you're worth, and they'll take care of you.
     
    #84     Mar 29, 2009
  5. A good job for an idiot...

    Probably trading. Seriously. It doesn't take brains to trade, only discipline and an easy to follow system. Being level is key...but even an idiot can do that.

    Otherwise, pick up a job as a garbage man! We always need those guys, and they make good middle class wages and benefits.

    Then, save and budget wisely. Take your hard earned cash and start your own business that allows idiots to work for you!
     
    #85     Mar 31, 2009
  6. Humpy

    Humpy

    loads of jobs for idiots ? Try this one -

    One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer.

    However, as soon as he starts to draw a crowd, the zookeeper grabs him and drags him into his office.

    The zookeeper explains to the mime that the zoo's most popular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly.

    The keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off.

    He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The mime accepts.

    The next morning, before the crowd arrives, the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage. He discovers that it's a great job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime. However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he gets bored just swinging on tires.

    He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his.

    Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the top to the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious, but the crowd loves it.

    At the end of the day the zookeeper comes and gives the mime a raise for being such a good attraction as a gorilla. Well, this goes on for some time. The mime keeps taunting the lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps going up.

    Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the furious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. The lion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage with the lion close behind.

    Finally, the mime starts screaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!", but the lion is quick and pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, "Shut up you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?"
     
    #86     Apr 1, 2009
  7. LOL. Love it!
     
    #87     Apr 3, 2009
  8. eagle

    eagle

    Hmmm! Too many jobs proposal so far…

    Obviously, each advisor was pretty sure that the OP will be able to do the job they proposed. And therefore if the OP is competent enough to qualify a bunch of them then he will no longer being called idiot.

    So from now then, assuming the OP is asking this - Suppose NOW you know you are smart, what profession should you choose? :D
     
    #88     Apr 3, 2009
  9. lol, I'm a certifiable idiot. :) I'll fix myself some day.
     
    #89     Apr 3, 2009
  10. Humpy

    Humpy

    No harm being a likeable idiot

    loads of opportunities being a comical idiot - sport a red mohican, yellow trousers etc and become a local celeb - why not

    its when depression/self loathing are allowed to set in that gun massacres etc. occur
     
    #90     Apr 4, 2009