Cindy Romaine points to an interesting post:
These Jobs are Definitiely not Future Ready
Lector
Elevator Operator
Copyboy
Riverdriver
Iceman
Lamplighter
Pinsetter
Milkman
Switchboard Operator
Typist in a Typing Pool
Typesetter
Telegraph Operator
I was interested that, except for Lector, I have known and worked with people who have held all of these jobs so this isn’t ancient history.
Choosing a career is quite the difficult and interesting task these days. It appears to be true that we will have have multiple careers.
Stephen
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Hi Stephen,
This is a fun list, thanks!
I don’t know whether it’s an age thing or a NA / UK thing but I have never even heard of some of these job titles. (It’s taken me a fair bit of searching to find out what a ‘riverdriver’ is, but then we don’t have a lot of timber over here!)
All the best,
Charlie.
You can still get a job as an elevator operator in Japan:
“Why does Japan, the world’s most efficient economy, have so many elevator operators and gas station attendants?” – By Daniel Gross – Slate Magazine http://goo.gl/dsUN
My Grandmother was an elevator operator.
Somewhat relieved that librarian is not among this list.
You have known a lamplighter?
Yes Ma’am – my grandpa as a boy in Yorkshire . . .