Posted on 05/03/2017 6:05:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Are you in the career you imagined as a child? Maybe you thought you'd be an astronaut, or a ballerina.
If you're like most adults, you're probably doing something far different, but your job likely isn't as bizarre as these unique positions. Here's a look at some of the craziest careers through which people make their money.
1) RODEO CLOWN
Income: $100 to $500 per gig
Running around in silly clothes teasing an 1,800-pound animal is one of the cool jobs in the rodeo circuit. But the job's not all fun and games. A rodeo clown must distract a bull to prevent injury to the rider, sometimes putting himself at risk. A rodeo clown can perform wherever there are bull-riding events, including Australia and the United States.
Dangers of the job: Going nose to nose with a rodeo bull comes with risks of getting gored, trampled or kicked. Chances are, you'll get injured during your rodeo clown career. The vocation has a 77.4 percent injury rate.
How to land the job: Go to rodeo bullfighting or clown school to learn the skills needed to entertain the audience and divert the bull's attention. Get your first gigs at local youth or amateur rodeos to showcase your work.
2) STUNT PERSON
Income: $933 per day
If you're an adrenaline addict, becoming a stunt person might be your ideal version of a fun job. Leaping from burning buildings, crashing cars and flying through the air are all part of the stunt person's work duties.
Dangers of the job: Ignorance is definitely not bliss as a stunt double; not knowing the proper stunt technique is the number one reason for on-the-job injury, according to the Houston Chronicle....
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I once read that the Egyptians used copper chisels with hardened tips. Unfortunately they didn’t explain how they hardened them.
Maybe there is a known way to do it?
I once knew a fellow Sheriffs Deputy who rode motorcycle patrol during the summer months. His name? Harley Rider.
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Well James Bond once met a female pilot employed by Auric Goldfinger whose last name was Galore.
Well, I certainly never thought I’d end my career being in charge of LDAP configuration and administration. Getting the Novell eDirectory to play nice with Business Objects and SAP databases was quite challenging.
What does AI stand for in that context?
Yikes!
"Well, when you get arrested by the Dallas PD, I'm the one who will take your prints and picture."
"That being the case, I hope I never see you again."
She laughed. The ice had been broken.
Artificial inseminator.
It turns out being an artificial inseminator is not easy. If they don’t get kicked by the horse or cow they end up with carpal tunnel syndrome.
You sound like the future version of my seventeen year old. He’s wanted to go into the military since he was quite young. But asthma. He’s been in the local Police Explorers for a few years and just returned from a conference/skills competition. It confirmed just how much he wants to go into law enforcement.
I wonder what his view will be in a couple of decades.
Or strong hands.
I fix technical problems for businesses in a lot of different industries.
It’s hard to find work, but I love working. Make about $120 to $180 per hour.
But now I have a product coming to market, and hope to stop thinking of work in hourly terms.
Maybe not. I knew a guy a year or so behind me in high school who apprenticed at the only funeral home in town.
I want to be a bridesmaid. Is this something a 240 pound guy can do? I checked out the crab fisherman job but that seems like a lot of work. If I am a bridesmaid, do I get to take advantage of open bar during the reception?
Seriously - apparently carpal tunnel is a real occupational hazard.
Also, many years ago I remember reading that at least one elephant inseminator a year dies trying to either inseminate an elephant or get sperm from a male elephant.
Just because you de-legitimize religion doesn’t mean people lose their craving for the rituals and engagement it provides.
Gal that did my hair for years was also a mortuary cosmetologist.
I don’t see a robot doing that job very soon.
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