What occupations have good short-term memory?

[Landon_McFly]

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Besides the ones already mentioned...air traffic controller. I looked into doing this (you know, make $80K, be a federal employee, get work in any major city, etc.) You have to remember what runways are open, what flights are leaving, what flights are incoming, where bad weather is, all that...and it's continually changing while you put the puzzle together. Damn. And of course, if you screw up bad enough, people can die.

ScottieK

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I believe they have the highest suicide rate of any job due to the stressful nature of their occupation.

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Besides the ones already mentioned...air traffic controller. I looked into doing this (you know, make $80K, be a federal employee, get work in any major city, etc.) You have to remember what runways are open, what flights are leaving, what flights are incoming, where bad weather is, all that...and it's continually changing while you put the puzzle together. Damn. And of course, if you screw up bad enough, people can die.

ScottieK

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I believe they have the highest suicide rate of any job due to the stressful nature of their occupation.

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This I believe. If I can't do the job hung over, then I don't want it.

As for chess players and memory...I think most chess players have a better short term and long term memory than non-chess players. My memory's pretty good...not Lord Nikon quality, but pretty good. I think chess trains players to memorize a lot of things, like tactical patterns, checkmate patterns, opening lines, etc. Players also have to remember their lines of analysis when selecting a move to play. FWIW.

Edit: Also found this interesting: Chess and memory study in kids

ScottieK