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posted by Fnord666 on Monday January 14 2019, @12:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the jerbs dept.

U.S. News Announces the 2019 Best Jobs:

U.S. News & World Report [...] today [January 8] unveiled the 2019 Best Jobs. The rankings offer a look at the best jobs across 15 categories – from best-paying jobs to sectors such as business and technology – to help job seekers at every level achieve their career goals. The rankings take into account the most important aspects of a job, including growth potential, work-life balance and salary.

For the second year in a row, software developer takes the No. 1 spot as the Best Job overall. Statistician ranks at No. 2, followed by physician assistant at No. 3 and dentist at No. 4. Occupations in health care continue to show promise due to a combination of high salaries and low unemployment rates, taking 44 of the 100 Best Jobs and the majority of the Best-Paying Jobs. With an average salary of $265,990, anesthesiologist tops the list, followed by surgeon, oral and maxillofacial surgeon and obstetrician and gynecologist, respectively.

"Health care occupations continue to dominate the U.S. News 2019 Best Jobs rankings, with demand in the field highest for workers to fill roles such as nurse practitioner, physician assistant and physical therapist," said Rebecca Koenig, careers reporter at U.S. News. "That's good news for students and career changers, because it takes less school time and tuition money to prepare for those positions than it does to become a physician or surgeon."

Nearly a decade after the end of the Great Recession, unemployment in the U.S. has reached historic lows. With an overwhelming need for labor, companies have started relaxing their standards and expediting their hiring processes, giving workers the upper hand in the job market.

How do these rankings match up with your experience?


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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday January 14 2019, @10:32PM (2 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Monday January 14 2019, @10:32PM (#786663) Journal

    I figure I could earn more if I changed jobs, but is the grass greener?
    My boss loves me (she calls me her work husband) and knows I've got her back: when the shit hits the fan or 200% is needed, I'm there. I do good work and can step in when she's gone.

    For me, when I need time off for my son (or, like for the last 6 months+, for my wife) I get it off, no questions asked.
    If I'm sick, which is rare, I'm not asked for a doctor's note.
    I need help, I get it; I need something or upgrade or ?, I get it. No questions asked.

    I scratch her back, she scratches mine.

    So, I COULD maybe earn more, but to start over possibly with a fuck who don't appreciate me? NOT WORTH it.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday January 14 2019, @10:34PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Monday January 14 2019, @10:34PM (#786665) Journal

    Wow...auto-correct changes 'dick' to 'fuck'!

    Methinks Android is HORNY!

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday January 14 2019, @11:24PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday January 14 2019, @11:24PM (#786700)

    Definitely more to quality of life than the number of hours you work and what you get paid during those hours...

    I have been very fortunate to have good management and coworkers for the past several years, before that I was fortunate to have distance from the psychotic lunatic of a coworker - worked remote so only had to talk with him 30 minutes a week and meet face to face for one day every 6 weeks or so, psychotic lunatics toxins aren't too noxious from that kind of distance - I chose to engage on those terms with the psychotic lunatic as an "even level working partner" because the place I was leaving had a napoleon complex riddled CEO and I really didn't appreciate A) his taking bad news out on the hired help and B) his perpetual attitude that everybody was paid too much, I left him to a 10% increase in combined salary and benefits; however, I took the job with him because my previous 4 jobs were funded by a flaky combination of academic grants, startup investors, and foreign military contract income - and after 5 job changes in 8 years that crap was getting old.

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