<p>It was just something I was thinking about, and wondering about peoples' opinions on the most presigious jobs. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>I would think US President and Supreme Court justice are pretty prestigious. Oscar winner, Playboy publisher or CEO of Microsoft may impress some people also.</p>
<p>hehe what about jobs for normal people? wow i really liked that post. totally not what i was expecting people to say :D</p>
<p>Professor.</p>
<p>really? what makes you say that?</p>
<p>Anything that makes a lot of money is prestigious.</p>
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<p>So drug dealer would qualify?</p>
<p>Well how much people get paid isn't necessarily a sign of prestige. It's a matter of economics. As more and more people go to college and refuse to do blue collar jobs, blue collar workers are going to make more. There's a reason garbage collectors make $100 an hour on holidays and the average unionized dockworker in Long Beach makes over $100,000/year. Compare that to the starting salary of a U.S. diplomat (which is what I'm considering) who has an advanced college degree: $43,000.</p>
<p>uc_benz, i'd be interested if you could defend your opinion. Like what do you think (generally, i know that anything can make a lot of money of you're good at it, <em>cough j.k. rowling cough</em>) makes a lot of money?</p>
<p>Going into the Army, being a teacher, or being a doctor are three jobs I highly respect.</p>
<p>A Doctor, or someone that volunteers in another country for a few years. I respect those who give back to society instead of taking away from it. This does include what kinglin just mentioned of his three.</p>
<p>Agree with that. I respect professors, doctors, writers, senators, etc. Basically, any person that shows even the remotest desire to help or improve society in some way, instead of just collecting a truckload of money through a social darwinist attitude. Regarding uc_benz's comment, professional atheletes make more money than most people, and I wouldn't consider them prestigious, just dedicated entertainers.</p>
<p>The most prestigious career is the one you truly love.</p>
<p>Mothers ;-)</p>
<p>Doctors, teachers, researchers, humanitarians...</p>
<p>Doctors, professors, headmasters, deans, military officers...</p>
<p>oh, I want to make clear that I didn't start this thread with the hope of finding myself a career, in the sense that I only want a career that's prestigious. I don't mean that at all. I'm not sure what I want to be anymore, but I will certainly choose a career on its value to me, not necessarily its percieved value from other people. I was just wondering what the general public thought of prestige.</p>
<p>Doctors, CEOs, Head Anchors, Top Lawyers</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, I don't really find my job that noble. I'm one of those people that get a thrill out of day trading stocks all day. But the more I think about it, it seems like a job for the money. Now if I was to become an entrepreneur, I find that a respectable job. Granted I'm not like the Enron guys or anything. If I do end up becoming an entrepreneur, I will donate a lot of time and money to charity...... or at least I say so now. I don't know, I will probably major in Economics, and I feel there's a lot of respectable jobs in that area.</p>
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<p>Emphatically seconded.</p>
<p>I hope I'm not being too off-topic by asking this, but do you believe professional athletes make too much or too little money?
I don't know about the general public, but I think they make too much when it comes to advertisements- even though there is virtually no other way to get around it (not that I can think of at least)!</p>