If income is your sole area of interest, then it's time to get in shape. Major league baseball players and NFL football pros come in second and third, respectively, with Indy-class racecar drivers zooming in at fourth place. If physical demands aren't for you, consider putting on your thinking cap and bonding with your calculator. If you want to be alone, consider becoming an author or an automobile assembler or painter. These gained the top three places on the loner's list, as they demand working in a confined situation, with little or no contact with the outside world.
Job security is one area in which the demand for high-tech skills comes through loud and clear.
Web site manager topped the list of most stable positions, followed by Web developer, computer systems analyst, computer consultant, software engineer and computer service technician. It also took the prize in the career outlook category. Here though, you've got to salute commissioned officers and enlisted military people for ranking second and third. In the area of straight competition, actors and advertising account executives win the top slots. Astronauts launch into third.