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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Mercury / Schools This Week's Back-to-School Issue

Posted by Ned Lannamann on Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:58 AM

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This week's Mercury is our annual Back-to-School issue, and it's crammed with lots of useful useless info for students—or anyone looking for career advice, really. We interviewed a bunch of local professionals with weird, unique, or cool jobs to find out how they got to be where they are (sometimes school helps! And sometimes it doesn't), PLUS we've got a scientific, not-at-all-bullshitty vocational guidance test, to help you pinpoint exactly what job you're best suited for.

You can take the test online right here, and our magical computer interface will calculate your answers and spit out a result: your perfect job. It's totally foolproof. (It's also binding, so, you know, fair warning.) So go ahead, take it!

 

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I took your test. Somehow I think being the bass player for bread is a bit out of my reach.
Posted by Fruit Cup on September 29, 2011 at 12:21 PM · Report
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Fruit Cup: I got the same thing until I realized that there was more than one page. Instead, I got the default profession for upper-middle-class breadwinners in movies where you never actually see anyone work: architect!
Posted by tk. on September 29, 2011 at 12:29 PM · Report
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I didn't even GET a job recommendation:

"Your Result:
Uhhhhhh.... you might want to think about staying in school for as long as you possibly can. We're just saying."
Posted by Reymont on September 29, 2011 at 12:48 PM · Report
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I would actually enjoy being a late night talk show host. Do I get a sidekick I can abuse?
Posted by The Right Reverend Rocktimus Prime on September 29, 2011 at 12:50 PM · Report
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@4, no, you'll get Andy Dick. Sorry. That's just how this works.
Posted by Fruit Cup on September 29, 2011 at 2:26 PM · Report

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