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  Why is a therapist necessarily a ‘she’?

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  A therapist, of course, is not necessarily a she. Because we all know this, I don’t think it matters what gender I use. In a perfect world, English would not demand that each singular pronoun have a gender. But it’s the nature of the language, and at this point in the development of English, substituting a non-gendered, plural pronoun when the sentence does not call for one actually serves to deperaonlize the writing, I think. So, it’s a stylistic choice thoroughout the whole blog.

  –Penelope

  Posted by Pappy Jo on May 24, 2007 at 9:59 am | permalink |

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  Pharmacist is #9???? Wow Im a pharmacist and I think it sort of sucks: long hours, lots of stress, little room for creativity, inflexible schedule, not much advancement, and working with the general public in a retail situation leaves A LOT to be desired… well I suppose if I could think of a better way to make more money I would (without going back to school)… #9.. unbelievable

  Posted by KLORPh on August 12, 2007 at 8:06 pm | permalink |

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  Software Engineer??? Um… working under tight deadlines, sitting in front of a computer 8+ hours a day writing code, getting stressed over bugs and what not, being micromanaged, having little or no control is low stress?!?

  Quite the opposite

  Posted by john on October 2, 2008 at 11:18 am | permalink |

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  Less than $50,000 a year, dangerous and little room for advancement?

  Sounds like a normal day for a Factory Worker.

  I know 10,000+ people who dream of taking the #10 job. If your working, in todays economy (regardless of education or experience) that makes it a Top 10.

  Posted by Paul Godines on October 15, 2008 at 5:33 pm | permalink |

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  Certainly a really awesome post. Well i really do agree that being a financial adviser is one o the best jobs. It really is great. Great post Penelope. keep it up. Cheers

  Posted by finance review on April 20, 2009 at 9:34 pm | permalink |

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  Interesting criteria…

  A note that some of these jobs might be nice to have (e.g. #2 College Professor – should be clarified as “Tenured College Professor”) but not necessarily a nice job to acquire; the prereqs can be grueling!

  Posted by JMF on May 20, 2009 at 11:08 pm | permalink |

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  Things that are good are a growing field, low stress, flexibility in hours and working environment, creativity, and easy advancement.

  Posted by nike shoes selling on January 26, 2010 at 9:16 pm | permalink |

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  I am in the field of Market Research and it is a varied and interesting job. You get to interact with both customers and companies in a whole range of industries all in the name of trying to improve the customer experience and giving the client the skills to do this.

  Posted by Customer Satisfaction Survey Software on February 22, 2010 at 10:30 am | permalink |

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  I’m surprised to see Software Engineer profession in a top spot. I believe in 2009, it dropped to 12 place.
  Outsourcing and pay squeeze cause a lot of stress. Many people leave this field.

  You have to really like programming, problem solving to stay in this field for long. I see many people entering this field that are attracted by money, but usually they are the ones who are most unhappy.

  Peter

  Posted by Peter Moss on March 21, 2010 at 8:07 pm | permalink |