From Bill Gates to The Big Bang Theory, geeks and their culture have pretty much taken over the world in the past few years. Unlike way back when up to 87% of adults are now proudly embracing their inner nerds.<\/p>\n
If you thought the G<\/strong> word was confined to tech jobs, you\u2019re sorely mistaken. If you\u2019ve got a passion for anything from music to video games, you\u2019re just as big of a geek as the most rugged IT guy you know!\u00a0 Here are some career opportunities that\u2019ll let your inner geek come alive.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although it sounds like nothing more than playing your favourite games all day long, games testers<\/a> are actually integral players in the product development process. These guys have attention to detail that\u2019ll blow you out of the field. After all, they are the ones that play the same level for days on end, testing our every eventuality to ensure all bugs are dealt with before the game releases.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This has to be one of the ultimate geek jobs. Geeks across the world, including Neil Armstrong, are thrust into the spotlight as astronauts. Even if you don\u2019t fancy the idea of being blasted into space in a small capsule, there are other options. Positions in engineering and rocket testing, as well as systems analysis, are opening up all the time at NASA and Elon Musk\u2019s Space X. We\u2019d say this is a savvy career path where geeks are always high in demand.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you\u2019re always doodling and are secretly (or unashamedly) obsessed with all things comics, you could be the next big illustrator<\/a>. As an illustrator, you\u2019ll be tasked with drawing everything from a single scene up to a whole story. To master the art, you\u2019ll need some digital and traditional skills, but with the upsurge of new comics recently, the prospects for this career are great.<\/p>\n This job practically screams geek. As a software developer<\/a>, you\u2019ll be providing strategic thinking that goes into the design, installation, testing, and maintenance of software systems. If you\u2019ve got a big brain and laser focus on efficiency, this could be the perfect gig for your geeky skills.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you\u2019re more of an academic kind of geek and you\u2019ve got a bunch of passion for teaching others, why not consider a career as a professor? You\u2019ll need a three or four ear undergraduate degree and a one year master\u2019s degree. You also need a three-year full-time PhD. So you\u2019ll be working (and studying) as a teacher that does marking and pastoral work. It\u2019s an in-job learning experience really.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Looking for more geeky jobs? Head over to Adzuna.co.za<\/a> right now and let your fingers find your dream gig!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Bill Gates to The Big Bang Theory, geeks and their culture have pretty much taken over the world in the past few years. Unlike way back when up to 87% of adults are now proudly embracing their inner nerds. If you thought the G word was confined to tech jobs, you\u2019re sorely mistaken. If Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":1759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[393],"tags":[471],"class_list":["post-1775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dream-job","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Five potential careers for geeks<\/h2>\n
1. Games Tester<\/h4>\n
2. Astronaut<\/h4>\n
3. Comic Book Illustrator<\/h4>\n
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4. Software developer<\/h4>\n
5. Professor<\/h4>\n