What Professions/Jobs are considered "Nerdy"

[Heretic_Cata]

Spammer

Computer programming hits the jackpot. Teaching other ppl to program is at close second.
And then there's those wierd math teachers who stop while talking and say: "Sorry, i was thinking of this equasion(sp?) and ... errr ... Now where was i ?"

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I guess I´m considered nerdy - PhD in technical chemistry - but when I came to University I was astonished how normnal people in natural sciences are- Compared to Jurists and people from the Business Universities - they are really scary!!

A friend of mine is a Biochemistry major, and she's about the most un-nerdy that a person could get! I was definitely surprised when she told me her course of study, I thought she was kidding.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Theoretical physicist
Philosopher
Theologian

 

[WillJ]

There is actually only one prominent profession that is not nerdy, and that is coolness connoisseur.

Theoretical physicist

As opposed to applied physicists, who are not nerdy at all?

Edit: On a related note, if you're at a party or something and someone asks you what you do for a living, I don't think there's a single more impressive answer in the entire world then, "Oh, I'm a theoretical physicist."

(Not that theoretical physicists go to parties.)

 

[Irish Caesar]

Mechanical engineers are more nerdy than any other engineering discipline, but computer scientists trump them with a vengeance.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

As opposed to applied physicists, who are not nerdy at all?

Well applied physicists work with real life applications, which must be cooler than forumulating theories

 

[Perfection]

Mechanical engineers are more nerdy than any other engineering discipline.

Why do you say that?

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Robotics engineers?

 

[Irish Caesar]

Why do you say that?

I live in a village of sorts of thousands upon thousands of engineers, and that's my verdict.

 

[Tee Kay]

- Librarian
- Biologist
- Teacher / Lecturer
- Community Worker (some)
- Physicist
- Priest / Theologian
- Historian
- Artist
- Musician (any music pre-AD2000)
- Any hard worker

 

[Enkidu Warrior]

(Not that theoretical physicists go to parties.)

Take that back! Ok so I'm actually an English teacher, but I am a qualified theoretical physicist and I do go to many a party.

 

[azzaman333]

Spellchecker.

 

[Martacus]

Here's a nerdy job: Editorial columnist. Those boys and girls on the opinion pages, and their TV counterparts.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

Here's a nerdy job: Editorial columnist. Those boys and girls on the opinion pages, and their TV counterparts.

I have allways wanted that job. I think I use cfc as a substitute. The people who write dictionaries must be the worst.

 

[Martacus]

Same here. Too bad the local paper isn't hiring. But I still have CFC.

 

[Swedishguy]

I wonder why so many think librarians are nerdy. I mean, what is so essentially nerdy about it? Because librarians wear glasses?

 

[Yuri2356]

I wonder why so many think librarians are nerdy. I mean, what is so essentially nerdy about it? Because librarians wear glasses?

Because a Librarian's primary tasks are organizing large numbers of books, and being able to tell people where they are if asked. They also spend their breaks surrounded by said books, giving them ample time to read about things like - let's say - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Technology ... You know, Nerd Subjects.

It was the way that they would Geek out before the invention of computers, The Internet, Google, and Wikipedia.

 

[Swedishguy]

Because a Librarian's primary tasks are organizing large numbers of books, and being able to tell people where they are if asked. They also spend their breaks surrounded by said books, giving them ample time to read about things like - let's say - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Technology ... You know, Nerd Subjects.

It was the way that they would Geek out before the invention of computers, The Internet, Google, and Wikipedia.

My mother, who is a librarian, doesn't read anything. Neither do her co-workers.

Do you have any kind of experience to back your statements up?

 

[Syterion]

Don't be angry and defensive and demand evidence in a non-serious thread. He's not directly insulting your mother.

 

[Yuri2356]

My mother, who is a librarian, doesn't read anything. Neither do her co-workers.

Do you have any kind of experience to back your statements up?

I am not claiming that all Librarians are Nerds.

I am claiming that environment in which Librarians work is very nerd-friendly, especially before the emmergance of the Internet.