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Monday, March 10, 2003
Elite orienteers and their professions
I came across a list of jobs held by Swedish National Team orienteers. Lots of them are engineers. Lots of them are students. Very few of them work full-time (keep in mind that even full-time in Sweden means a lot more time off than most of us in the U.S.).
Teacher, 50 percent.
Planner/architect, 50 percent.
Civil engineer, 80 percent.
Construction engineer, 50 percent.
Physical therapy student.
Physical therapy student.
Electrician.
Substitute teacher.
Chemical engineering student.
Civil engineer, 75 percent.
Surveying engineer, 50 percent.
Writer/editor, 90 percent.
Transport developer (?), 75 percent.
Engineering student.
Quality engineer, full-time.
Teacher, full-time.
Physical planning (?) student.
Professional orienteer, full-time.
Education student, 50 percent.
Electrical engineer, 50 percent.
Middle school teacher, 80 percent.
IT coordinator, 80 percent.
Physical therapist, 75 percent.
Student.
Teacher, 80 percent.
Middle school teacher, 50 percent.
Civil engineering student.
IT engineering student, 50 percent.
IT engineer, 60 percent.
Student.
posted by Michael |
9:18 PM
