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m.e. wrote:
mechanical engineer here. 6 years of pretty intense schooling to weed out the nitwits and get licensed so that i can now do a job with basic calculations and computer programming that i could've done when i was 17.
That sums up most professions
I would like to add high school guidance counselors to the list of useless, but overpaid drones. They all get masters degrees in education or social services, but as a group they are as screwed up individuals as you'll find but the worst, who pretend to advise young people on their futures, don't get weeded out thanks to their union.
Training in many foreign countries is simply not as high quality as in the U.S.
The U.S., Canada, Britain and maybe Germany are pretty equivalent. There are some excellent indian doctors as well, but their patient population is quite different.
stater of the obvious wrote:
teachers, duh. The make 80K+, can't be fired unless they diddle the kids, work part time with summers off, and for most of them the job is just glorified babysitting.
Way, way, way overpaid
Maybe in some states. in my state they make $33k starting with a bachelors, maybe $35k with a masters. They have to deal with a lot of BS from students, parents, administrators, state bureaucracy. Intense pressure about test scores, standards that are seldom relevant or realistic. Extra-curricular activities, meetings before and after school, grading and lesson planning at home. Little job security as the state budget seems to be cut year after year.
They are underpaid and unappreciated while parenting the next generation of citizens.
Summers off are nice (if you can afford that). But that is literally the only perk of teaching.
My mom was a teacher, so I base my opinion on that. That job makes social work with the most mentally ill (my career field) seem like a walk in the park.
Of course, maybe in some states with unions, teachers get a pretty good deal. either way it is important, and often hard, work
EmilyPost wrote:
I would like to add high school guidance counselors to the list of useless, but overpaid drones. They all get masters degrees in education or social services, but as a group they are as screwed up individuals as you'll find but the worst, who pretend to advise young people on their futures, don't get weeded out thanks to their union.
Wow. So you didn't get into the college you wanted. I'm sure that has everything to do with a "screwed up" guidance counselor and nothing to do with your poor writing ability.
I will add to the list
1) politicians... who vote themselves salary raises and get paid for life.
2) pharmaceutical reps... because they irritate me. Some of them have not had a single science course in school.
The major one in my area is longshoremen. They are quasi-government employees and get paid 6 figures because they have a labor guild that lets a very limited number of applicants into apprenticeships and those apprenticeships are the only way to become a longshoreman.
The major one on a nationwide basis is Medical Doctor. Doctors are some of the highest paid workers in every nation due to barriers to entry, but in the U.S. the situation is much crazier. I know a cancer doctor who makes millions pear year.
Others include airline pilot and firefighter.
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