The Week contest - Underemployed grads

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

Click here for the results of the previous contest: Big Bird's resume

Last week's question: It's a rough job market out there for recent college grads — so rough that Jamie Fox, a British 22-year-old college graduate with a degree in music, just took a job with a farmer, playing an accordion and a ukulele to scare birds away from his crops. We asked you to come up with a name for his new profession that would help justify a $200,000 college degree.

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RESULTS:

THE WINNER: Creator of Angry Birds

Jan Penske, Sellersburg, IN

SECOND PLACE: Farmland Security Officer

Susan Nichols, Lake George, NY

THIRD PLACE: Vice President in Charge of Aurally Stimulated Aviary Downsizing

Kathy Parrish, San Diego, CA

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Successful manager of large enterprise dealing with high-risk predators

Peter Bowen, Marblehead, MA

Agricultural Enhancement Strategist

Kristen Kansiewicz, Lynn, MA

Aviary Diversion Engineer

Alicia Campbell, Milwaukee, WI

Agro-musicologist

Thom Thacker, Irvington, NY

Field Officer

Paul Witte, New Hope, PA

Air Traffic Controller

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

Director of Avian Redeployment

Roberta London, Milwaukee, WI

Growth Facilitator

Jennifer Kert Ransweiler, Los Angeles, CA

Artist in Residence

Laurie Gelb, Seattle, WA

Scarepro

Steven Margles, Winchester, MA

Music Scare-apist

Cyril Greenbaum, Walnut Creek, CA

Fright Attendant

Diane Race, Chapel Hill, NC

Vice President and Managing Deflector

Stephen Blackwell, Fennville, MI

MBA (Musical Bird Alarmist)

Carol Fischer, Cheboygan, MI

BSM (Bachelor of Scary Music)

Victor Sungaila, Watkins Glen, NY

CBO (Chief Bird-shoo Officer)

Marsha Einhorn, New York, NY

Wildlife Trouble Foreman (WTF)

Charles & Mary Parry, Catonsville, MD

Multi-Aspect Avian Auditory Interface and Control Technologist

Arthur Lasky, New York, NY

Field Supervisor, Bird Control

Mira Osadca, Brooklyn, NY

Organic Pest Control Engineer

Randy Nishimura, Lihue, HI

Audio Director of Commodity Loss Prevention

Jim Groves, St. Louis, MO

Deputy Commander, Psychological Operations Wing, Special Airborne Division

Stephen Dudzik, Olney, MD

Plant Materials Specialist

Stephanie Sarich, Minnetonka, MN

Corngressman

Jim Topper, Turtle Creek, PA