Here I am — blogging away fast & furiously about Human Resources — but stories about workforce management and strategic staffing are so dull. My whole career, spanning more than twelve years, puts me to sleep.
“Why is my career so boring?” I asked the husband. “I think there’s nothing less interesting than Human Resources.”
He responded with three things that are less glamorous than HR.
- Chemical Engineering
- API Manufacturing
- Six Sigma Training
I would also like to add:
- Microbiology
- Package Engineering
- Underwriting
Honorable mentions include:
- Network Engineering
- Auditors
- Data Center Operators
There’s nothing like a discussion about a mainframe server to knock me out. It’s better than Ambien.
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Is HR really boring? When you’re relegated to paperwork and serving as hired henchmen, yeah, that’s a drag.
I’m still idealistic enough to think that HR, the way it’s supposed to work, could be a really cool, influence-wielding, non-boring job.
Oh, from reading your blog, I think you have the snarks to make servers fun.
Terreflops: pteredactyl poop?
Master Encryption: pleasuring oneself in a crypt?
Application Transparent Transportation Layer: new condoms?
and of course the things that can go wrong:
back end server nodes unresponsive: metamucil?
The only thing that makes HR unfun is that you can’t snicker during the presentations. I love texting! Heh.
Molly – I think you’re right, but I don’t hold out much hope for HR.
60 – Servers. Are. Not. Fun.
Underwriting can be exciting! Select Preferred, baby all the way!
I’m more of a fan of actuaries. Nothing gets me more excited than death tables.
It’s ok to say HR is boring, but to say chemical engineering is boring…that’s not true at all…Yes, it will be damn boring for those who don;t understand and appreciate the excitement of chemical engineering. I love chem eng a lot….
Zaki, I’m laughing because I know a few ChemE’s who might disagree. I think most are excited about the field after leaving grad school. Then reality sets in — and it becomes a job just like every other job. It’s all about the work itself. I think HR is interesting under the right circumstances; however, I haven’t found those circumstances, yet.
I work with a lot of ChemEng people. They get excited about different sand sizes and pipe diameters. Boring empirical equations are used in tedious lab work. The end product is usually a report containing a set of procedures who’s end function is to collect dust in some library. In short there is no end product.
Maybe its work place dependent, I’m sure there are ChemE’s out there that do exciting stuff, even by my standards.
I’m an electronics guy, I get excited by the wireless, the small, and the useful, something that looks to the future instead of grinding out pointless data.
Thanks for letting me vent hehe