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Old Mar 30, 2011, 8:48 am
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Hockey coach? those NHL teams are on the road for at least 41 games a year, right?
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Old Mar 30, 2011, 9:10 am
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SAP Software Consultant

Being a SAP software consultant requires weekly travel, though not usually international. It may take a bit of work to get trained, but then you can count on lots of travel.
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Old Mar 30, 2011, 9:48 am
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Consultant.

Though consultants tend to go to the same place every week for months at a time. International opportunities come later, after you've built up some expertise that gives them justification to cart you around the world.
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Old Mar 30, 2011, 2:58 pm
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Give us some idea of your interests and professional qualifications. Until then all we can do is make random suggestions that may have little or no bearing on your capabilities, like:

  • Produce and direct an award-winning documentary film. Travel internationally to host screenings, collect awards, and give speeches.
  • Become a successful pro athlete. Travel for games, product endorsements, and guest appearances.
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Old Mar 31, 2011, 4:40 am
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Astronaut?
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Old Mar 31, 2011, 9:20 am
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Roadie.
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Old Mar 31, 2011, 11:11 am
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Drug mule.
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Old Mar 31, 2011, 10:28 pm
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Originally Posted by britenbsas
@OP: If you search FlyerTalk using job/career/travel as search terms you will find many more threads with lots of ideas
@:-) Yeh, sorry about that. I searched but must have been stupid that day or something because I got no results. I just Googled the same thing and the top 5 results were all FT threads. Oops!

Originally Posted by clacko
state dept courier?....
^ Now that is interesting. Didn't know this existed but definitely something that I would be interested in. Thanks!

Originally Posted by izzik
if you are a good looking guy, then go for sales.. esp pharma sales rep.
consultant also comes to mind.. but if that was your route, you would've gone that direction by now.

entry level doesn't translate into extensive work travel unless there is a significant amount of grunt work involved.
Beer? Work with beer? Get paid to work with beer? Get paid in beer, maybe? Ummm, no, doesn't interest me. Haha

Originally Posted by bitburgr
Hockey coach? those NHL teams are on the road for at least 41 games a year, right?
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner!

Originally Posted by darthbimmer
  • Produce and direct an award-winning documentary film. Travel internationally to host screenings, collect awards, and give speeches.
  • Become a successful pro athlete. Travel for games, product endorsements, and guest appearances.
Originally Posted by PeteTheBrit
Astronaut?
Originally Posted by 365RoadWarrior
Roadie.
Originally Posted by shiner
Drug mule.
:-: FT'ers seriously have the best sense of humor. Thanks!
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Old Mar 31, 2011, 10:50 pm
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Escort or Striper.
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Old Apr 3, 2011, 5:09 pm
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Originally Posted by darthbimmer
Give us some idea of your interests and professional qualifications. Until then all we can do is make random suggestions that may have little or no bearing on your capabilities, like:
The OP has neglected this question. We have no idea whether he is a Harvard grad or a Mc D's burger flipper.
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Old Apr 5, 2011, 3:30 pm
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Studying Chemical Engineering, do you know if there are travel options when you work?
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Old Apr 5, 2011, 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by fanofmumbai
Studying Chemical Engineering, do you know if there are travel options when you work?
I'm not a chemical engineer, but I'd say that any engineering field offers plenty of opportunities involving travel. Develop an area of expertise, develop your communication skills, and build a reputation as a problem-solver. Look for these kinds of roles:

  1. A big company with many sites needs to send technical experts out to those sites for monitoring, compliance, and technical trouble-shooting. The company also needs experts to help set up new sites and train the local staff who will run them.
  2. A small company might do consulting within a specific technical area. Their consultants travel the world, providing expertise to clients.
  3. A company of any size that sells products (or services) into the industry needs technical experts on its sales staff. As one of these "sales engineers" you will travel extensively to meet new clients, explain the benefits your solution offers, and help implement & train. I manage a team of these sales engineers.

#3 is especially familiar to me because I manage a team of sales engineers.
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Old Apr 6, 2011, 10:12 am
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Gypsies travel a lot I have heard
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Old Apr 6, 2011, 10:32 am
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Carnival and circus employees also travel a lot.
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Old Apr 6, 2011, 9:37 pm
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Originally Posted by prncess674
The OP has neglected this question. We have no idea whether he is a Harvard grad or a Mc D's burger flipper.
College Graduate? Yes
Harvard Graduate? No
McD's Burger Flipper? Can barely boil water. So, No.

The recomendations on this thread, actually, have been insightful and helpful. Not really comfortable throwing out too much person information, but I definitely have learned some things about fields I never would have guessed travel a lot or didn't know existed.

Thanks to all.
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