You could have any job, for just one day... What would it be?
 

If I could have one job for a day, I think it would be CEO of a large corporation.

I have this notion in my head that CEO's generally don't do much work, instead living a pampered lifestyle and just collecting large paychecks and vacationing a lot. I'd really like to be a CEO for a day so that I could compare this notion to the accounts I've read of CEOs working 60-70+ hour weeks. I am very curious about the type of work a CEO does in a day, and how it compares to the work I do on a daily basis. The issues they deal with, and number of issues they have to confront in a given day, is also very interesting to me.

I think having the opportunity to be a CEO for a day would really give me some valuable perspective on life, employment, and in general, serve as a nice reality check to contrast the notions in my head that I suspect are greatly unfounded.

If you were given the opportunity to have any job for just one day, what would it be, and why?

I don't think one day is going to be enough to see what the job is really like - I'd much rather go for a week - that way you can really see what the issues are and what they really have to deal with.

me - I want to be Chief of Staff to the president of the united states.

I would be an archaeologist....so that I could say I discovered a series of small walls...oops sorry somehow Eddie Izzard sneaked in my head..

seriously I always wanted to be an archaeologist so I would pick that, or a forensic anthropologist

I know some other pervert is going to say it, so i'll beat you all to it.

Gynecologist.

But really, I'd like to be pool-boy for a rich, old (but still attractive) 'undersexed' woman, who's CEO husband is never around... :lol:

For just one day, I'd like to be a major actor in a full-production movie.

I love acting, in spite of having had few chances to do so in my life. I'd love to interact with the crews, be able to pull my weight when it comes to moving the production along, and be known for the rest of my life. And, let's face it, I could make enough in that day to live pretty comfortably for a while.

Demolitionist that gets to test out new explosives all day long. Because I absolutely love blowing shit up to be honest. Guns, fireworks, explosives, i dont care. A boom is good.


That or a porn star just to say I was one, even if for a day.

Either of those, to an untrained person, would only be a one day job.

Head Graphic Designer at some major design firm, to see if I would like it as much as I think I would. And yeah, I'd rather do it for a week than a day- more time to really get into the job.

That, or work for Google or Blizzard on their design teams.

I'll insert time-travel into the equation since it hasn't specifically been banned and be one of the guys in charge of letting the female fans backstage for Def Leppard back in the late '80's.

If that's not possible, I'll take professional golfer on a practice round day when you get to hang out with the fans up close and personal.

I went to a sushi bar in Seattle and met a really big dude, the sushi chef, who called himself SushiMan and I thought he had the best job in the world. I would love to be him for a day.

Just for a day? hmmm.

lawn guy.

I'd be a lawn guy right now except I wouldn't make enough money. But I could spare a day's pay to mow lawns in the hot sun, do some bush and branch trimming, maybe some edging. Five or six houses. Yeah, that'd be nice.

Hiking/nature guide.

I think that would be the best job ever, walking around the mountains, identifying species, explaining geography, pushing the annoying one from each group over the cliff....

I was going to say guitarist for a major metal band, but this made me think of something better, Eva Longoria's gardener. :D

Hmmm, I think I'd like to be one of those folks that get to work with the orcas at Sea World for a day. I've *always* wanted to do that. *blush*

Damn, already took pool-boy for a wealthy CEO's wife.

I'll go with film director. Or helicopter pilot for Search & Rescue. Of course there would be tons of training involved to keep myself and others alive on the second one there.

I'd like to lead adventure travel trips......maybe some bicycling, hiking, and expedition trips.

I would love to fly jets for the navy. The F/A 18s nowadays look incredibly sweet and very high-tech. I really can't imagine anything more thrilling than shooting along at Mach 1.7, doing high-speed maneuvers and dogfights, and then returning to land on the tiny deck of a ship pitching around at sea. That would be absolutely exhilarating (for a day).

Along the same lines, I'd also love to be one of the WWII pilots. Those guys had guts, although they didn't have a real great life expectancy.

I would be a librarian.... what a nice quiet job surrounded by one of my passions... books. (insert drooling here)

God damn it! You beat me to it.

OK, then how about the owner of a bookshop?

That way I can say all the books belong to me!!! Mine, I tell you, they're all mine!!


Alternatives would be archaeologist (seriously!), anthropologist, primatologist and/or maybe Professor of Ancient History, with my specialty being the rise and fall of the Roman Republic.

I've said too much, haven't I? I'm such a knowledge-geek...

/hangs head in shame...


Mr Mephisto

Anchor on Fox News.

Firefighter.

I'm picturing the guy from Black Books. Were you thinking *comedic* bookshop owner? :)

edit: now my own idea - given the time travel possibilities - a knight in the middle ages would be interesting.

Otherwise, I like the golf pro idea (but I suck at golf, so I'd be unlikely to pull it off).

Canyoning tour guide - cause it would be fun...

I'd have to say 'Dictator of the World'

But otherwise, I'd like to be a convenience store manager.

Can I just have Jensen Button's job? I'd get paid (hansomely) to drive a fast car. I could be surrounded by cool people. I get to travel the world.

Even if it's just for a day, it's not too shabby. Even 1 day of this guy's pay is good for me.

i would be pope.
in the morning, i would be groped by the college of cardinals (we can't have another pope joan)
then people would kiss my ring.
i would make important decisions and wear a cool hat.
i would wave off balconies and say things in latin.
it'd be great.

reminds me of that twilight zone episode where the guy becomes hitler just as the end of the war.

I'd go with policeman

Coffee shop owner. I'd select the coffee and fine-tune the roasting/grinding equipment, but have other people working as baristas. Then I'd just read the newspapers, drink my espresso, and dunk a croissant in it. What? I'm lazy! :)

Alternatively, being a mapmaker :).

I would like to be a herpatologist, maybe in a Peruvian jungle.

An IRS agent ... and in one day put audits out on all my old employers from the past (semi-kidding of course).

The guy in charge of ongoing research of those space alien bodies for the US Govt.

The security guard in that big warehouse where the lost arc of the covenant is kept. ... just one peek, right?

I will always have a backup job for when I get bored. These are my most common ones (some are more realistic than others, but none are unattainable!). I intend to do at least a handful of these jobs before I die. Life's too short to have only one career! :D

National Geographic photojournalist

Professional photographer

Masseuse

Ship captain

Pilot

Elephant mahout

Immigration lawyer

NGO worker/administrator

Writer

Copy editor

Journalist

Editor

River guide (kayaker)

Psychologist/counselor

Contemplative (e.g., a monk)

Many good choices. I have to make the most of the day and choose The 24hrs of Le Mans. Prototype class.

Unless of course NASA needs help with a one-day trip.

Angelina Jolie's personal sex machine.

Yeah, porn star...or the guy who closes the eyes of the sardines before they close the can.

a hardcore investigative journalist for cnn:)

You want to be Brad Pitt?

Either that, or a vibrator?


That woman would eat you alive. And me.

And I think we would both love it!


Mr Mephisto

OK, I would love to be a Bra Fitter at Victoria's Secret.

But for real...everyone knows I love to fly, so my one fantasy job for a day would be a WW2 Fighter Pilot flying F4U Corsairs in the Pacific Theater.

Let me do that, and I can truly say that I feel I would have experienced it all.

el presidente of the usa for month though, a week isnt long enough for that.
also CIA director in chief
and someone in the illuminati (thats close to dictator of the world right)?

I would just want to work on a movie set. Really doing anything at all. I'll just get the coffee even.

Movies are probably the greatest interest I have, and I may be able to fulfill my life goal of meeting Angelina Jolie.

tough question... can i give multiple answers?

astronaut - always wanted to see the earth from space

porn star - it is only for one day :p

that's about it i guess. maybe with some "corrective" surgery and 20 million bucks, i could do both ;)

http://www.amyth.com/Odd/imgs/Lopez-Tweaker.jpg

this guy has it good

Lets see....

Gynecologist - Diseased pussies all day...no thanks.

Porn star - I have a better sex life than most porns and I don't have to do reverse cowboy...no thanks.

President of the US - I'd solve a lot of issues, but then be on trial for crimes against humanity....no thanks.

I'd have to go with astronaut, doubt it will be affordable before I die, and its something I've always wanted to do. But it would have to be a launch day :)

I'd be a CEO. One of the ones that's paid so much that if I saw a hundred dollar bill on the ground it wouldn't be worth it to bend down and pick it up because I'd make more than $100 in the time it took to do it. I'm assuming I get to keep the pay from this one day, yes?

CEOs, from my observations, are accountability collection points (I.E. they spend their days signing off on the projects of lower employees who are doing the real work but will not bear the responsibility if the project fails) and charismatic representatives of the company. You sit around signing shit and wining & dining people important to the company's plans.

Disregard: Babes accidently auto-logged in as me... her boyfriend, lover, and owner.

I would want to be a travel journalist.

Raises hand. Me too! I would absolutely love to travel and get paid for it. Ala Rick Steves. :thumbsup:


I would also love to be a librarian. I love books! (Man, I'm such a nerd.)

I would love to try my hand as a sports columnist or a sports radio host. :)

I'd like to be the Wal-Mart greeter.

it's never too late ... what are you waiting for?

Another 30 years.

Well, if talent wasn't an issue...
A drummer ala Frank Beard (ZZTop)
Board of Education Superintendent
Motorcycle cop
If talent was an issue, at least somewhat...
A photographer for National Geographic

Lion Tamer

Like Christopher Walkin? Good choice.

I'd be a nuclear physicist. Or an US Navy SR-71 pilot. Or a Space Shuttle pilot.

I'd be oberon's avatar. That thing's a trip.

It was courtesy of tecoyah. My first & only TFP avatar. :thumbsup:

And this "lion"... does it eat ants, perchance?

I did this for two summers. As far as summer jobs went, it was probably the best summer job ever.

By the way, I consider myself lucky in that I now have the job I've always wanted to do... I acquire and program televsion.

Wild Animal Rescue Veterinarian with no familial obligations and no financial restrictions to hold me back.

As I am, I'd go with driving a F1 car, doesn't matter which, at Monoco but since I wouldn't want to clog up the actual race, I'd choose a test day at that "track" so I could just putz around at my own pace for as long as I want that day.

Before I picked that, another thought I had on a "more serious" note is going back in time and eliminating a "problem" like Osama B.L. or Adolph H. or somebody like that right at birth and let the chips fall where they may.

Well, I've said it before in other threads, and other people are being silly, too, so:

I'd like to be the "razor technician / oil applier" on the ALS set.

ALS, indeed - by me!!

Seriously, though - amire's post about flying Navy jets sounds like fun - I'd love to drive an F-18 off an aircraft carrier. And land it on the third wire!

A travel journalist as previously mentioned.
or a milf photographer - specializing 25-40 beautiful women working on a project - searching for the sweetest smile!
I'm a real sucker for a smile!

I would have the position I have now, BUT go back to being my own boss.

Plain and simple, no other decision could be made. I would want to be Dale Earnhardt Jr during the Daytona 500 race... If I could time travel? I would want to be Dale Earnhardt SR. during the 1998 Daytona 500 ( he won the race!)

I was going to post Halx's nipple stimulator photo, but he beat me to it.

Rock star. Who wouldn't want to do that?

For one day I'd be the guy that rubs the oil on Anna Falchi's legs during the photoshoot:
http://http://www.tuttox.com/foto-do...chi-nuda/1.jpg
Then I'd go home and never wash my hands again.

I'd be a successful and respected singer and perform a concert with the best musicians at my side, in front of millions of cheering fans...

If I could have any job, I dunno...I would be a prima ballerina. Or professional language student (I love learning new languages).

today..anything but a crocodile hunter...god bless

personal trainer of course

The stig!

Especially on a super car episode.

Yes!

In fact, I was just watching the one today with the DB9 racing model (the all carbon fiber one, we get the show a series late over here in Canuckistan) and I turned to my mum and said 'I think The Stig has the best job ever.'

I'd love to be a starter in one of americas most awesome events -

---------------- THE SUPERBOWL -----------------

A real intense superbowl victory in a terrif game, as a qb. Definately. :cool:

or a taster at Jack Daniel's

I'd love to try a week as a tattoo artist at one of the most well regarded, private/appointment-only, all-custom tattoo studios, working LONG hours with a three month + waiting list (like ANTI Art Elite or Voluta).

That's where I'd eventually like to be in my own life and I think having a taste of it might help me work even harder to get there.

Tour guide in St.Martaan

because its my favourite place in the world.

i'd like to be a record producer for ECM

or a construction worker that builds and renovates homes

God for a day would be nice. Either him or 50 Cent. Because I could get shot 5000 times and never die.

I'd like to be the owner & The Madam of the Mustang Ranch or at a similar world famous brothel in Nice, France.

That would be fun indeed! Freebies to all my favorite friends!!!

A day trader. I don't really know why. I don't know that much about the stock market but it sounds like fun.

A writer of Australian camping guides, but I want that for the rest of my working life.

Manager of a movie theater

Astrophysicist

Forensic Psychologist

FBI Agent

World Traveler for the Travel Channel

Kung Fu Superstar

CEO of a large corporation.

I did want to be a recruiter, but I made that happen.

Hmm...let's see...I always wanted to be an interior designer. But that is a poor choice for one day. I'd want to be a runway model. Free clothes, pampering, and hopefully a lot of money. One day would be fun for that, I couldn't handle it daily though. I hate the fakeness of models, I think I'd go crazy and kill some people.