What would be your dream tech job?

[Sean Schuff]

Dream tech job? I'm doing it!

High school technology and engineering teacher in an engineering charter school. The school is great! The students are great! The administration is great! The facilities and equipment are nearly great! My colleagues in the department are great!

I get paid to play all day and to teach kids how to make what might seem like work to others be like fun to them! And every day I get to learn something new, too!

Who could ask for anything more?

Yee Haa!

Sean

Personally, World Dictator, or if I can't get that.... Maybe the evil genious who designs the floating chairs and stuff for the evil dictators.... ever wondered who actually maintains and builds those things in the comic books?

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

Personally, World Dictator,

only the world? what about the rest of the universe?

whats the point of having a benevolent dictator here on earth, while anarchy reigns throughout the rest of the cosmos?

[Jessica Boucher]

Product management (or product marketing management, depending on the company) within technology. I know it will take a very long time (and another degree) for me to get there, but that's expected.

If not, then something to deal with technology and the demographic shift: I find the Boomers and the Millenials shifting after decades into uncharted territory in terms of expenditure habits fascinating. Boomers are much more retirement-focused, and the Millenials are gearing up to be financially independent for the first time. But, I'm sure an answer like that was not what anyone had in mind

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

...World Dictator...

I think that job is overrated. The paperwork alone would be a killer.

[ngreen]

In one of my recent interviews, the interviewer was in school getting her MBA. We got to talking about what her goals were with the MBA. Basically, she wants to work deciding what products and how much to produce, and what location would be best for it in a large company. She was with Cargill. I've taken several economic classes with my chemical engineering classes and would like to be more strongly tied to the business side of the engineering company. I think determining long term production of the different products for a company and deciding on introducing new products into production would be interesting to me.

On the other hand, sustainable energy and fuel cell research, or working on advanced propulsion systems would be fun.

[Ryan Foley]

As of right now my dream job would be working for iRobot in the Government/ Industrial Robots department.

Interesting FIRST connection to iRobot: for those of you who saw the 2004 kickoff, remember the story Dave Lavery told about a young student named Colin Angle? He is one of the co-founders of iRobot.

[Nitroxextreme]

dream tech job....if we are going into the world of fantasy

i would definately want to be like the main character from the movie Paycheck...who takes the best technology of the time and makes it so much better in like 2 months

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by Nitroxextreme

dream tech job....if we are going into the world of fantasy

if you think living your dream is a fantasy you need to adjust your sites!

a goal = a dream + a plan + a deadline

[Ian Curtis]

Either a physicist, or aerospace engineer.

[Kyle Love]

A lead engingeer for a NASCAR Nextel Cup team. Or even one of the open-wheel series.

[FreakyAntelope]

Originally Posted by Ryan Foley

As of right now my dream job would be working for iRobot in the Government/ Industrial Robots department.

Heh, I read that and had to check to make sure I hadn't posted it.. If everything goes as planned, I'll be working there as an intern this summer! I know a couple of people who work there, so I think I'm set, though I haven't finalized it yet. I should probably do that...

FYI, they're quite intern friendly. I know one person personally who had an internship there for 2 years, and now they pay him whenever he gets a chance to work for them. Then again, he's one of the smartest kids I know.. Just entered his freshman year at MIT.

- Toby

[Andrew Blair]

C'mon, I can't believe nobody has mentioned DEKA. I don't know how the actual job is, but working in a casual atmosphere, bringing products like the ibot tp market so quickly. But irobot looks pretty cool too. Especially the government stuff; you don't know if you'll be putting a rifle or an articulated hand on those things! Ooooooh....I feel all tingly from saying "articulated"....

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I have been working a dream job for many years now, TV Broadcast Engineer. I have been involved in fixing, designing and installing all kinds of equipment over the years. I was on the team that developed stereo TV transmission for the US and have worked with many of the best entertainers throughout my career. But the one thing I have always wanted to do, was to perform my current role at the Olympics. That is like the FIRST Championship of TV. Design, build, and test a fullup TV facilitiy in a few weeks and make sure it stays running 24/7 for two weeks and then tear it all out and go home.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Design, build, and test a fullup TV facilitiy in a few weeks and make sure it stays running 24/7 for two weeks and then tear it all out and go home.

Sort of like Michelangelo when he sculpted statues from snow.