资料图:软件工程师

Software engineers have the top jobs, thanks to the exploding demand for high-tech gadgets and the appetite for applications for iPods, tabletsand other devices, said the survey by online jobs site CareerCast.com.

开展此项调查的招聘网站表示，由于对高科技产品的需求呈爆炸式增长，以及人们对iPod、平板电脑、和其它科技产品应用软件的喜好，软件工程师被评为最佳职业。

Software engineers enjoy a strong outlook for employment, low stress, few physical demands and good wages, it said.

调查称，软件工程师的就业前景一片大好，压力小，体力消耗低，还能赚得高薪。

Roustabouts, on the other hand, who are oil rig or gas pipeline workers, have the worst job, it said.

但每天和石油钻台或天然气管道打交道的石油钻台工人则被评为最差职业。

A roustabout's job is dangerous, as shown by the explosion aboard the Transocean Ltd. oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 workers in April.

石油钻台工人的工作很危险。去年4月，越洋有限公司位于墨西哥湾的钻井平台发生爆炸，导致11名工人死亡就是个例子。