Comments on: Update on the list of best and worst professions http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:14:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: SlomsSpoorb http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-204216 SlomsSpoorb Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:27:09 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-204216 Thank you for great post! Thank you for great post!

]]> By: Todd @ The Personal Finance Playbook http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-185216 Todd @ The Personal Finance Playbook Wed, 06 May 2009 21:49:26 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-185216 I'm a lawyer. I've been one for just under one year, now, so I probably don't know what I'm talking about. I can definitely see how it would be an unsatisfying career for most people. It's a career of winners and losers. Job satisfaction is hard to come by. The impact of the "prestige" on your life is minimal. Further, I don't think it's as much money as it used to be. On the other hand, having such specialized knowledge is useful in a market economy and in your every day life. People come to you for help and advice. There are so many types of lawyers (and so many lawyers in general), that stats comparing lawyers aren't necessarily apples to apples comparisons. Not many big firm lawyers report happiness I'm sure, but I wonder about the difference in smaller firm and government attorneys. I know this post isn't all about being a lawyer, but being somewhat self-centered, that's what jumped out at me. Good post. I'm a lawyer. I've been one for just under one year, now, so I probably don't know what I'm talking about. I can definitely see how it would be an unsatisfying career for most people. It's a career of winners and losers. Job satisfaction is hard to come by. The impact of the "prestige" on your life is minimal. Further, I don't think it's as much money as it used to be. On the other hand, having such specialized knowledge is useful in a market economy and in your every day life. People come to you for help and advice. There are so many types of lawyers (and so many lawyers in general), that stats comparing lawyers aren't necessarily apples to apples comparisons. Not many big firm lawyers report happiness I'm sure, but I wonder about the difference in smaller firm and government attorneys. I know this post isn't all about being a lawyer, but being somewhat self-centered, that's what jumped out at me. Good post.

]]> By: Personalized Childrens Books http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-183482 Personalized Childrens Books Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:19:27 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-183482 Women use power at work better than men. Men think they should use power because they are men. Women use power more wisely, with more savvy. Women use power at work better than men. Men think they should use power because they are men. Women use power more wisely, with more savvy.

]]> By: sam http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-104651 sam Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:29:34 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-104651 journalists, doctors , lawyers, actors, blacksmiths, cobblers, municipal officers are most disliked professions. journalists, doctors , lawyers, actors, blacksmiths, cobblers, municipal officers are most disliked professions.

]]> By: Ralph DeMattia http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-14070 Ralph DeMattia Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:21:39 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-14070 How about running a list of the most disliked professions in the US? Want to bet that Lawyers and Doctors will battle it out for the number 1 & 2 spots? THERE'S a surprise!!! How about running a list of the most disliked professions in the US? Want to bet that Lawyers and Doctors will battle it out for the number 1 & 2 spots? THERE'S a surprise!!!

]]> By: Frigid Brigid http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Frigid Brigid Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:28:31 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-808 The comment about access to the thermostat is right on -- little things like having control over the temperature in your workplace matter a whole lot. The comment about access to the thermostat is right on — little things like having control over the temperature in your workplace matter a whole lot.

]]> By: Penelope Trunk http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Penelope Trunk Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:36:35 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-807 The research took me off guard, too. And I'm thinking of interviewing some of the people who have done the research (stay tuned for that...) The research I linked to focused on the fact that women are more proactive in getting their needs met. For example, women start more businesses than men because women can't get control over their time in a typical corporate job. The research took me off guard, too. And I'm thinking of interviewing some of the people who have done the research (stay tuned for that…)

The research I linked to focused on the fact that women are more proactive in getting their needs met. For example, women start more businesses than men because women can't get control over their time in a typical corporate job.

]]> By: Diana http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Diana Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:56:11 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-806 Your last paragraph caught me... Could there be a possibility that women are simply more likely to "grin and bear it" (as we have been taught to do for so many millennia) than men? Women are pros at putting on a pleasant face, even when everything is going wrong. When I was in a job that I disliked, I tried very hard every day to convince myself that it wasn't so bad. Some over-zealous work-ethic nagged at me if I even thought about quitting. I was eventually fired from that job, and my manager said it seemed like I wasn't very happy. Go figure. Also, do you think that a number of the "top jobs" listed are jobs that would appeal to and satisfy a woman more so than a man? Or that the job-satisfaction attributes could vary between the sexes? Your last paragraph caught me…

Could there be a possibility that women are simply more likely to "grin and bear it" (as we have been taught to do for so many millennia) than men? Women are pros at putting on a pleasant face, even when everything is going wrong.

When I was in a job that I disliked, I tried very hard every day to convince myself that it wasn't so bad. Some over-zealous work-ethic nagged at me if I even thought about quitting. I was eventually fired from that job, and my manager said it seemed like I wasn't very happy. Go figure.

Also, do you think that a number of the "top jobs" listed are jobs that would appeal to and satisfy a woman more so than a man? Or that the job-satisfaction attributes could vary between the sexes?

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