The least stressful job...

Call Me Jimmy

I'm going to be finished college soon and I've worked in a place in the field that was stressful as hell, I aged about 5 years in 6 months. Manic so it was.

Now I'm thinking of a 'career path' which has the least stress imaginable. The money (or lack thereof) doesn't matter.

So far I'm thinking:

Potatoe picking - back-breaking, exhausting but no real mental stress (except occupying your mind all day)

Flippin' burgers: American Beauty style, if a job in macdonalds/burger king had a fixed position of burger flipper it'd be okay but I'm sure burger flipping duties are rotated so yer on the frontline and toilet duty as well...

Psychologist: Requires another 4 years at least at college but once ye start getting clients, ye just have to try help them, again nobody really puttin pressure on you for deadlines etc.

Grass-Cutter: Forrest Gump style, this is the most appealling at the moment.

Can ye's think of any more? (No.)

squod

Pimp.

mikom

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Potatoe picking - backbraking, exhausting but no real mental stress (except occupying your mind all day)

Enjoy having 11 months of the year off.

petes

Sperm donor.

Havermeyer

Bonsai tree strimmer.

Captain Chaos

Any job in Government. Sure you don't even have to turn up half the time and still get paid even when you leave you still get paid more than 95% of the population until you die. You can't get arrested for anything either. Great job.

Tombi!

Internet troll. Assuming it pays.

iDave

Transponster

Where To

Any job can be stress free if you enjoy doing it.

Call Me Jimmy

nummnutts wrote: »

Bonsai tree strimmer.

Is there a market for this?

Lad Of Banter

Luas pilot

Faith+1

Defence Forces - Sit on your hole all day scratching your boll*cks.

Havermeyer

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Is there a market for this?

There could be...

Pighead

Lad Of Banter wrote: »

Luas pilot

You've gone straight into Pighead's 'Notebook of potential and very real boards enemies'. The word 'Banter' in your name is setting off alarm bells.

On topic, President of Ireland. Breeze of a job.

CreepingDeath

Prozac tester

Oranage2

Social welfare worker.

minidazzler

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Psychologist: Requires another 4 years at least at college but once ye start getting clients, ye just have to try help them, again nobody really puttin pressure on you for deadlines etc.

Have you ever met any psychologists? They act calm, but are among the most wound up people out there. Just imagine the sh1t you hear.

Bar work is pretty stress free as long as you are someone who isn't wound up easily.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Dietician.

What about an overnight radio DJ slot? Just spin records and say the odd few words.

c_man

minidazzler wrote: »

Bar work is pretty stress free as long as you are someone who isn't wound up easily.

And if not's busy at all, ever.

Call Me Jimmy

minidazzler wrote: »

Bar work is pretty stress free as long as you are someone who isn't wound up easily.

My coordination and balance have regressed to that of a toddler so I don't think that's an option, unless it was some crazy 'Toddlers serving your drink' gimicky bar...

donegal_road

Oranage2 wrote: »

Social welfare worker.

my cousin does this, he has changed his mobile number twice in the last year and has put black-out tint on the windows of his car, he was so sick of being approached outside office hours.

Also, the sorry state of some people who arrive into his office every day needing assistance, had a significant bearing on his mental well-being.

admiralofthefleet

civil servant

just sit around all day not using your brain once

Ole Rodrigo

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Potato picking

Labour intensive work should be compensated well enough for deterioration in physique up to 15 years before retirement. Thats unlikely to happen picking spuds. In the short term it would be fine.

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Flippin' burgers: American Beauty style

All well and good until you have to do nightshifts at the weekend when all the drunks and junkies are shouting at you and you wonder if you might be actually working in a zoo.

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Psychologist

They usually have to experience and successfully manage their own issues to be of any use to patients, as well as have proper training ( Masters upwards ). Prone to wishy washiness.

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Grass-Cutter

A landscaping business would be something to aim for.

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Can ye's think of any more?

Possibly the best paying job with plenty of available work and relatively low levels of stress is software development. It helps to have a flair for science and maths, but creativity is also key. A certain amount of stress is good. Money is not that important until you have a family, so try and do something you enjoy. You can reasonably spend from age 18 to 30 figuring what that is without any impact on your later working years. Most jobs in Ireland in the future will be information related. Business Intelligence will be a big growth area.

Somebody mentioned civil servant. Having worked in some departments I think you would be better off in the private sector if you have any sort of ambition, unless you are educated enough to get to middle management and higher. The work in the lower paid ranks can be very tedious over long periods of time, although this might change as the civil service modernizes.

dgt

Pump attendant

TwoShedsJackson

squod wrote: »

Pimp.

I believe they're called 'companionaters' these days...

Truncheon Rouge

squod wrote: »

Pimp.

Hmm...i dunno, several academic studies have suggested that pimping is not easy.
You also need to own a pimp hand.


Yeah but OP, any job where you can sthick the old mp3 headphones in and still do the task is a goer.
Plus if its physical work you get a free workout.

dd972

Lad Of Banter wrote: »

Luas pilot

I'd say this gets a bit stressful in town like around Abbey Street, would love to do it but seems to be a closed shop like Dart driving, I think they took on a rake of staff when it opened and that was it.

gifted

The boyo who stands in front of the formula one car with the brake/go lollypop when it comes in for a pitstop..what a number

Daveysil15

A masseure for the ladies football team.

DEFTLEFTHAND

dd972 wrote: »

I'd say this gets a bit stressful in town like around Abbey Street, would love to do it but seems to be a closed shop like Dart driving, I think they took on a rake of staff when it opened and that was it.

Yeah I'd say it is a stressful job having to keep complete concentration at all times. AFAIK a private company run it, so it may be easier to get a job there than it is in Irish Rail.

dd972

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Yeah I'd say it is a stressful job having to keep complete concentration at all times. AFAIK a private company run it, so it may be easier to get a job there than it is in Irish Rail.

Tried for a job with Irish Rail, turned down as I was only the adopted son of an Irish Rail employee :rolleyes:

Say it Aint So

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Psychologist: Requires another 4 years at least at college but once ye start getting clients, ye just have to try help them, again nobody really puttin pressure on you for deadlines etc.

Yea but if your're a psychologist then you'll have to listen to some people with horrible, horrible problems which will get you depressed.

fryup

FAS instructor

mike65

Test Match Special commentator for BBC radio, golf pundit on Sky.

Permanent summer, paid to watch a gentle paced sport, free flights and accommodation. Lots of opportunities for
flings with saucy locals.

keano_afc

The extra official beside the goal in football.

You literally do nothing.

Max Power

Ryan Tubridy's dietitian

fergal.b

Boatbuilding, it's stress relieving and there is no money in it but I love it


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Thargor

I would absolutely love some of the security guard jobs Ive seen over the years, guys sitting in a cabin beside a heater all night reading or browsing the internet, not having to do a thing besides walk around every hour, its actually my dream job getting a position like that, the risk of that career route though is getting stuck standing in Tesco or Aldi all day and sinking into depression.

Ironman76

Software Testing was a piece of piss. Worked in it from 2000-2005. Music blaring in the ol headphones, on the net half the day, the team constantly pulling pranks on each other. I actually left because, well you need even a little stress in a job to make it interesting right?

Ironman76

Thargor wrote: »

the risk of that career route though is getting stuck standing in Tesco or Aldi all day and sinking into depression.

Yeah theres a chap in our local Tesco and he stands there from 8am to 8pm just staring into a monitor. Must be soul destroying. Not even a stool for the chap, what a kip.

annascott

There used to be a guy in Hamley's who had the delightful job of playing with a mega hornby railway set all day....

Eve_Dublin

People looker Ater.

inforfun

keano_afc wrote: »

The extra official beside the goal in football.

You literally do nothing.

And seeing a full stadium you doing your warm up?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYm7G6U4rL8

I imagine the least stressful jobs are all boring. I'd rather be stressed than sit on an chair in an art gallery or sit at a checkout all day.

BBDBB

be the worlds first horizontal aromatherapy masseuse

Tonyandthewhale

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Psychologist: Requires another 4 years at least at college but once ye start getting clients, ye just have to try help them, again nobody really puttin pressure on you for deadlines etc.

4 years at college to become a clinical psychologist? No, more like 3/4 years undergrad, preferably a masters (either one or two years usually) and then you'll need several years experience in the field before you have any real hope of being accepted into a doctoral program which should swallow up another 4 years or so.

As for not being stressful, it's not exactly a job without responsibilities.

M cebee

painter/decorator
they always seem happy at work

unkel

Boards moderator. No stress at all, €45k and free coke & hookers.

KyussBishop

ror_74 wrote:

Possibly the best paying job with plenty of available work and relatively low levels of stress is software development. It helps to have a flair for science and maths, but creativity is also key.

Also boring as fúck sometimes, so it's a double edged sword that; can lead to burnout, if you don't keep it interesting. Still, pretty nice if you can do it self-employed, and be your own boss.

Capt'n Midnight

mike65 wrote: »

Test Match Special commentator for BBC radio.

Don't you just hate when a good raconteur gets interrupted by cricket and you never get to hear how the story ends



Or you could be an Irish financial regulator.

phelixoflaherty

A bad Teacher. Usually english or maths.
They wallow in relaxivity