Scubaism

Popsci.com publishes its annual bottom-10 list, in which they salute the men and women who do what no salary can adequately reward.

Number 10: Whale-Feces Researcher
They scoop up whale dung, then dig through it for clues.

Number 9: Forensic Entomologist
Solving murders by studying maggots.

Number 8: Olympic Drug Tester
When your job is drug testing the world’s top athletes, there’s no way to win.

Number 7: Gravity Research Subject
They’re strapped down so astronauts can blast off.

Number 6: Microsoft Security Grunt
Like wearing a big sign that reads “Hack Me”.

Number 5: Coursework Carcass Preparer
They kill, pickle, and bottle the critters that schoolkids cut up.

Number 4: Garbologist
Think Indiana Jones— in a Dumpster.

Number 3: Elephant Vasectomist
When your patient is Earth’s largest land animal, sterilization is a big job.

Number 2: Oceanographer
Nothing but bad news, day in and day out.

Number 1: Hazmat Diver
They swim in sewage. Enough said.