Is your job portrayed accurately in movies/tv?
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Anonymous
| I’m a social worker. Sometimes. |
Anonymous
| Banker. Not close. My job is not glamorous but I am relatively well compensated for #yrs in the field, though not as much as a lawyer or other professionals might make |
Anonymous
Programmer....yes...if the movie is Office Space 
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Anonymous
| I am a trauma nurse and we all couldn't believe how accurate nurse Jackie could be. And there was a lot of pill abuse amount nurses at my hospital around that time too. |
Anonymous
| I used to work at the White House. I would give most shows about 50% accuracy. The sets are the worst of all though. Anyone who has been in the West Wing knows how small it is. |
Anonymous
| I am a special ed teacher. I like to imagine that I am a combo of Annie Sullivan and Kotter. |
Anonymous
But do you have a nanny with a magic umbrella? |
Anonymous
| Teacher in MCPS. So no. |
Anonymous
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Journalist. Newspapers. They get bits and pieces right.
The best depiction of the day to day life was Ron Howard's The Paper. The fight over the chairs was classic. |
Anonymous
Nope. I’m a single woman just trying to pay off my student loans and eat some avocado toast as I go. |
Anonymous
| 20 year support employee FBI. All of the shows have gotten it laughably wrong over the years. Also, the inside of headquarters is no where near as modernized as it's portrayed on shows. The Starbucks is nice and the gym is nice, but those are recent additions/upgrades. |
Anonymous
| I work for the CIA, so ... yeah ... not really. |
Anonymous
| Up in the Air got the traveling consultant thing kind of right, especially the scene when George Clooney is schooling the new recruit on getting through the airport with the essentials only, picking the best security line, etc. Also the scene of George and Vera Farmiga pulling out their credit and rewards cards and discussing points in a hotel bar. |
Anonymous
Yes— oh my god! I used to be a journalist, and watching The Paper always makes me sad—I miss that life! It’s pretty accurate depiction of the personalities and newsroom drama. Love the budget meeting where front page placement is determined by whether there’s a NY connection! |
Anonymous
| Social worker. Lol, no. But I'm not in child welfare so maybe that's why. |