What are, in your view, the most prestigious careers?

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A Global Leader

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Physics professor

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Anonymous wrote:I used to think state department and diplomats were pretty cool growing up. As an adult, I've met so many who are insufferable and so self important. They're hard to be around. Hard pass.

They just send cables, by the way. That and cost the taxpayers millions shipping their cars and their Charmin all around the world.

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Anonymous wrote:Serving as a senator or congressman
Serving as a justice on the Supreme Court

Yes or being the President.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd say the following:

- Diplomat
- Senior level Sate appointment
- Any high-level White House appointment
- USAID
- CIA

None of those are prestigious in the slightest, and their measly pay shows that. A diplomat (I assume you meant state department) or a fed employee in general are nothing social. They are a dime a dozen, make meh pay (and even then you could argue are overpaid given how little work they do) and have fairly low hiring requirements.

In my book the prestigious careers (outside of unique ones like Hollywood actor) are big law, investment banking, big tech, and to a lesser extent, management consulting.

Really, a high level White House official is a dime a dozen? But Zach the 24 yr old making power points for BCG is “prestigious”?

Your post reeks of being a Penn grad

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone one who devotes their career or fortunes to resolve and support those much less fortunate and/or our planet. This includes some of the careers already posted here if devoted to the above— the virtuous.

yessss! I agree.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Veterinarian

Pediatrician

Judge

Funny, but knowing people in all these jobs, they're all pretty bottom of the barrel. None are particularly happy. Exception for appeals court or above judges; those have prestige.

Pediatricians are always crying about their low income, compared to other specialists. Also unless a hospitalist at an academic institution, most pediatricians only do well baby check ups, vaccinations or seasonal infections, nothing exciting.

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Anonymous wrote:Cancer Research.

cancer research without animal testing. To do your research without speciesism is prestigious, otherwise NOT.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd say the following:

- Diplomat
- Senior level Sate appointment
- Any high-level White House appointment
- USAID
- CIA

None of those are prestigious in the slightest, and their measly pay shows that. A diplomat (I assume you meant state department) or a fed employee in general are nothing social. They are a dime a dozen, make meh pay (and even then you could argue are overpaid given how little work they do) and have fairly low hiring requirements.

In my book the prestigious careers (outside of unique ones like Hollywood actor) are big law, investment banking, big tech, and to a lesser extent, management consulting.

Is this a joke? When big law associates (and even partners) flame out, they're lucky if they can land a good Federal attorney job. Management consulting is a complete joke, you're making decks that state the obvious or you're a glorifies salesman. Same for I-banking. And how is big tech prestigious when they're laying off people left and right.

I'm guessing you're either still in college or in your first year at Deloitte.

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Anonymous wrote:Biglaw equity party baby

Prestige? Maybe. But they aren’t respected/ held in high regard by most people.

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Can we all agree to start a drinking game with this "prestige" nonsense? Every time it comes up in an initial post -- everyone drink. If it comes up in the title of the post, like it did here, everyone drink twice.

Be careful though, I don't want anyone to die of alcohol poisoning.

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Communications

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Podcaster

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Onlyfans

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In the eye of the beholder.