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post #16 of 27
8/5/09 at 4:54pm
My father is a civil/mechanical/structural engineer and his job is very hands on. Although he designs and oversees the projects he is always on the job-site showing people the "right way" to do things and getting his hands dirty. I don't think he would want it any other way. He also knows that he can just do jobs that require design only and not have to do that if he wants. Too bad I wasn't smart enough and now I have to be a doctor.
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post #17 of 27
8/5/09 at 5:05pm
Seersucker Suit Model.
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post #18 of 27
8/5/09 at 5:14pm
The dad of a friend of mine works for one of the big oil companies (ExxonMobil I think) as a geologist doing oil exploration. He does a good deal of on-site blue collar-ish work and white collar type research as well.
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post #19 of 27
8/6/09 at 1:49am
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maybe FBI or similar advanced law enforcement. What else is there? If you can think of anything where an accounting education would be useful, that would be a plus
You already said it, at least as far as the accounting goes. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies need a lot of accountants, in fact I personally know someone who does this. On the other hand, he does 100% white collar work - he is definitely not kicking in anyone's door, he analyzes financial records just like he would if he worked for a Big 4 firm. But it's still law enforcement. There are actual Special Agent jobs that require an accounting background, and I'm not sure how much door-kicking they do, but they might well do interviews/interrogations, etc. Accounting is one of the career paths to become a special agent: http://www.fbijobs.gov/1111.asp#2 I would think that an accounting background would help for an industrial property management type job that might actually get you out of the office, that some people have suggested for engineering backgrounds.
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post #20 of 27
8/6/09 at 2:05am
Big-timer.
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post #21 of 27
8/6/09 at 2:14am
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The dad of a friend of mine works for one of the big oil companies (ExxonMobil I think) as a geologist doing oil exploration. He does a good deal of on-site blue collar-ish work and white collar type research as well.
My grandfather did this. Seems like it would have been an amazing job, to get paid to travel to exotic wilderness locations and look at rocks and maps.
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post #22 of 27
8/6/09 at 2:30am
Physician/surgeon. That's why you roll up your surgeon's cuffs to get to business.
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post #23 of 27
8/6/09 at 5:30pm
Geologist, petroleum engineer, or mining engineer.

Not particular 'green' industries, and you won't be able to live in New York or San Francisco. May have to spend time in the wilds of West Virginia, oil patch of Texas/Oklahoma, helicoptering into offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, or riding by pickup truck in South America or Africa.

The upside is that they are all well-paid (until we get away from a carbon-based economy.)
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post #24 of 27
8/6/09 at 5:32pm
I was also going to say construction management. Truthfully, if you work for a CM, the extent of your "blue collar" work is having an office set up in an air conditioned construction trailer and walking the site/making sure people follow rules/accomplish work/etc.
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post #25 of 27
8/6/09 at 6:54pm
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Archaeology Professor/Adventurer: Can't work an accounting degree into this one though, sorry.
Field archaeology definitely combines blue and white collar work, not sure if it can be a career unless you're independently wealthy though. From what I hear it pays less in the States than in the UK, where we earn less than most groundworkers. If you're studying accountancy there could be some transferable knowledge in applying statistics to archaeological data, and you could possibly get somewhere in academia. Academic archaeology is pretty much exclusively white collar, mixed with the odd summer trip messing about with students in mud pretending you know what you're doing.
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post #26 of 27
8/6/09 at 8:08pm
Environmental Geologist - you carry out field work, then you write reports on said field work. Some weeks it's all field, some weeks it's all office, sometimes it's a blend.
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post #27 of 27
8/6/09 at 10:57pm
Spine surgeon.
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