Richard Littler4d ago
Just recalled my school work experience.
Career advisor: "What's your dream placement? Think big!"
Me: "I'd like to work in TV, film or..."
Career advisor: "What's your dad's job?"
Me: "Sales rep in a menswear firm"
Career advisor: "Ok, so I'm placing you in a dept store in menswear. Have fun!"
Show threadCharnock4d ago
@Richard_Littler My school made us do a JigCal which was meant to be an occupational suitability work inventory, and they did it *after* you'd already selected your O-Levels so it was a complete waste of time and told me I should be a Historian.
Show threadStrange Quark4d ago

@Printdevil I got airline pilot.

Computer Scientist was not on JiigCal's top 10 list because it hadn't been invented yet.

Which was odd, because the system ran on a giant Thinking Machine in Edinburgh.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7463561.stm

@Richard_Littler

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | The computer that predicted the future

How the Jiig-Cal computer predicted pupils' career paths more than 20 years ago

Show threadCharnock

Actually Computer Operator or something similar was on it. It was probably called something quaint like VDUmonkey.

It noticeably didn't have Occultist.

@strangequark @Richard_Littler

Mar 24 at 11:18amWeb