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I'll still push for it; I was half-joking when I told them that anyway.

I am still in the field, just not clearing the mines. I work with the communities to educate them on the dangers and to identify the suspected locations of mines and explosives. My teams and I are the eyes and ears of the operation, the clearance guys are just the grunts.

I've already seen my fair share of UXO. Even had a guy bring a mortar to a risk education session as we were discussing how you shouldn't touch or move them; that was fun.

So far, not as stressful as I imagined. What I hear from the clearance guys is that it's actually a pretty boring job. Accidents are very rare if you do it right. In order to keep the risk to basically zero, it is a very slow, deliberate, and methodical process. So, basically, they wear heavy gear, sweat all day, and move through an area with a fine-toothed comb.

Two points; The cost of hiring a person and second, who would want a boring job like that? Almost as mind numbing as being a greeter at Walmart.Like it or not these things - and robots - are the future. I don't like the idea, but too late now.

Meh. Lots of the "facts" are garbage. "Top 10 in demand jobs in 2010 didn't exist in 2004". Here's a random list of top in-demand jobs I just found. Sure it might not be perfect, but it sounds pretty reasonable:

1. Computer programmer
2. Day care provider
3. Elder care
4. Employment specialist
5. Environmental engineer
6. Home health aide
7. Management consultant
8. Networking specialist
9. Physician's assistant
10. Social services co-ordinator

Other lists I found have random tradespeople, nurses, and other pretty boring jobs that just don't attract enough people to meet growing demand. I've yet to see any job listed that didn't exist in 2004.

Can anyone think of jobs that exist in 2010 (in any kind of number, and without being hyperspecific) that didn't exist in 2004? It's just a stupid fact that someone thought sounded good, so they wrote it somewhere - and 10 copies later here it is in a video.