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Investigate

Work that establishes what is true before anyone acts.

• Field Ecologist

  field · $68k–$108k · 6y to competence · no licence

  Surveys populations and habitats and writes the findings into management decisions. Seasonal field work precedes stable posts.

• Security Engineer

  desk · $125k–$186k · 5y to competence · no licence

  Finds and closes the ways systems fail under attack. Adversarial work with a permanent supply of new problems.

• Land Surveyor

  field · $73k–$116k · 5y to competence · licence required

  Establishes legal boundaries and elevations that courts and builders rely on. Licensed, field-based, and quietly in short supply.

• Research Scientist

  desk · $101k–$168k · 10y to competence · no licence

  Designs studies and publishes findings inside institutional constraints. Autonomy is real but arrives late.

• Statistician

  desk · $103k–$171k · 6y to competence · no licence

  Designs how evidence is collected and what it can support. Portable across medicine, policy, sport and industry.

• Actuary

  desk · $126k–$206k · 7y to competence · licence required

  Prices risk over decades using exams-certified methods. The exam ladder is the moat and the misery.

• Lawyer (Litigation)

  desk · $151k–$215k · 7y to competence · licence required

  Builds and argues cases under procedural rules and deadlines. Adversarial by design and priced by the hour.

• Patent Agent

  desk · $105k–$185k · 6y to competence · licence required

  Drafts and prosecutes patent applications for technical inventions. A science degree plus one exam opens the door.

• Epidemiologist

  desk · $84k–$135k · 7y to competence · no licence

  Studies how disease moves through populations and advises response. Public health pay against research-level training.