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Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC getting a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience. He holds a BS and MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. If a volcano were to erupt Pompei-style in Central Park, his body would be preserved in a scoliotic posture over his lab desk. Archeaologists would later conclude that he spent most of his day training rats to perform tricks, until he went blind building electrical equipment by hand using a dissecting microscope. But, still, he died happy...because science is cool.

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Best and Worst Jobs in the US

Category: Science Life
Posted on: January 9, 2009 7:27 AM, by NotoriousLTP

That's reassuring. Biologist is the 4th best.

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Nah nah!

Bob, Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Posted by: Bob O'H | January 9, 2009 9:08 AM

Lumberjack - 200?

"I'm a lumberjack and I'm NOT okay"

Posted by: T. Bruce McNeely | January 9, 2009 10:32 AM

Of course, some of the job descriptions in the details are just plain wrong (Railroad Conductor -- operates a diesel-electric or electric locomotive (the engieer operates the locomotive, the conductor is in charge of the train)) so I have to wonder about the accuracy and methodology involved.

Plus, they have historian as #7. It's a better job than that.

Posted by: (((Billy))) | January 14, 2009 9:27 AM