What sector has the smartest people?

[Anonymous]

Space industry?

Medicine?

Law?

Government?

Media?

What else?

[Anonymous]

Certain parts of the IT sector.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Space industry?

Medicine?

Law?

Government?

Media?

What else?

You seriously think that journalists and marketing people would compete with engineers and scientists in terms of IQ? Oh boy.

Of your list, I'd say:
1. Space industry
<huge gap>
2. Medicine
<gap>
3. Law
4. Media
5. Gov't

[Anonymous]

Porn

[Anonymous]

Sector 12.

[Anonymous]

Intelligence.

[Anonymous]

7G

Full of young go-getters.

[Anonymous]

Artists

[Anonymous]

Economists

[Anonymous]

Academia or at least federal research labs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7G

Full of young go-getters.

Nope. Just low level employees

[Anonymous]

definitely not most government. there are many smart people but often overshadowed by dumbasses who are not qualified or only have government experience.

I have found that journalists in niche fields (legislative, political, congressional, specific policy) are really smart and fascinating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Certain parts of the IT sector.

I feel like the smartest people gravitate to the sectors where lots of change and innovation is currently going on and money can be made (ex: not "the space industry.") For our generation-that's IT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Certain parts of the IT sector.

I feel like the smartest people gravitate to the sectors where lots of change and innovation is currently going on and money can be made (ex: not "the space industry.") For our generation-that's IT.

In Silicon Valley, it's software engineers (other engineers, like hardware and stuff, don't get paid as well).

[Anonymous]

are you comparing the smartest people in each field? Or asking overall which field is more likely to be attracted to smart people?

because, several of the smartest people I have run across are lawyers. but there is no doubt the field as a whole probably just passes average. barely, when you consider all the people out there doing divorces and traffic tickets and scamming immigrants. doctors overall are much smarter, but seemingly very few geniuses. Some. I think a lot of people in media are bright (and interesting!) but no geniuses. At all, as far as I can tell. Academia probably all very smart but it seems most of them are convinced they are geniuses. And, um, a few probably are.

I know less about straight science and tech fields. I assume the space industry if full of serious geniuses! But heck if I know. I know a couple of software engineers who are freaking brilliant.