I am a pornstar and people think that I am abused or forced into my line of work. I chose what I do, really enjoy it and its fun. Theres nothing more thrilling to know that millions of people are watching you in awe and wish to get to know you. On top of that I get paid about 20,000 a shoot and do about 25-30 shoots a year.

Anonymous wrote:I am a wizard.

People think it's all about playing tricks on Muggles, watching quidditch, and drinking pumpkin beer, but it's not. I'm really fighting Voldemort all day long and sometimes have to work the night shift too. The pay isn't great and the magic food might look pretty but tastes like crap.

I thought Wizards could say POOF! and make more money?

Maybe you're not doing it correctly.

Lobbyist. People think I'm evil/rule the world/am rich/am highly influential, you name it. Unfortunately, none of those are true...except for the evil part.

I am a wizard.

People think it's all about playing tricks on Muggles, watching quidditch, and drinking pumpkin beer, but it's not. I'm really fighting Voldemort all day long and sometimes have to work the night shift too. The pay isn't great and the magic food might look pretty but tastes like crap.

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Anonymous wrote:Ummm....I do know lots of good teachers who don't put in those hours, and yes they are good teachers......

Ditto.

Show me the evidence.

Yup, lots of salaries at that range at my old nonprofit org, too.

And for those of you who buy into the stereotype that government workers are overpaid: I'm getting paid a lot less in my government job, with more responsibility, than I had in my org job.

Anonymous wrote:Development director for a nonprofit.

People think nonprofit = crap pay. I generally let people believe that but you can do quite well in the nonprofit sector.

Agreed. Of course, I'm not one of those who make the great pay, but lots of $100-300k salaries at my org.

Anonymous wrote:Ummm....I do know lots of good teachers who don't put in those hours, and yes they are good teachers......

Ditto.

Anonymous wrote:I work in a psych ward...people think a lot of things!

I think that you would be the life of the party with some good stories to share.

Here's one that is industry specific:

I work in associations (specifically in marketing and membership). Regardless of the field I am representing, our members think that unless a staff member comes from their field (ie, I'm a doctor, social worker, banker, etc) that we cannot possible be competent or skilled enough to work for their association. They cannot understand that a functioning association does in fact need people who are accountants, meeting planners, IT directors, etc. and that we come with both the education and experience to be good at what we do. We're second class citizens to the staff who have come from our represented field.

I'm a Linux system administrator.

Other than 'What's Linux?' what pre-conceptions do people hold, other than the standard "you know everything about computers?"

Anonymous wrote:Ummm....I do know lots of good teachers who don't put in those hours, and yes they are good teachers......

Ummm. . . by whose standards?

Unless you're in the system, you can't judge. Have you seen a formal observation? Have you observed opening procedures? Have you analyzed discourse? Are questioning strategies a strength you have? Can you recognize routines? pacing? transitions? the use of manipulatives (yes, even at the secondary level)? critical thinking skills? closure?

There are MANY aspects of which you are unaware.

So don't think you can understand GOOD teaching practices unless you're in the know. Anyone can claim s/he is good. And in most cases, if kids are complaining, parents think everything's just dandy. not so . . .

"I sort of think I shouldn't take the bait here, but.....I'm not even a SAHM and I find this so stupid. Perhaps staying at home isn't a career, but not a job? WTF - do you not have children?! If you do and you don't think that staying at home with your kids is tough, challenging, and incredibly important, than I really feel sorry for your kids. It is THE most important job."

No, it's not.

the thing about IT- it is such a multi-faceted discipline and people tend to "specialize". so an application developer may know little about network architecture and a network architect may know little about database mgmt. i think this is typical of most fields.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I'm a SAHM...where should I start ?

Okay, I'll say it because I believe it - You don't have a job/career.

I sort of think I shouldn't take the bait here, but.....I'm not even a SAHM and I find this so stupid. Perhaps staying at home isn't a career, but not a job? WTF - do you not have children?! If you do and you don't think that staying at home with your kids is tough, challenging, and incredibly important, than I really feel sorry for your kids. It is THE most important job.

i wohm and i too agree. it is a pretty tough job. i call a troll. please don't feed it.