My Profession's reputation doesn't define me.
These are some of the results of a nationwide telephone survey conducted by Harris Interactive among 1,010 U.S. adults between July 8 and 13, 2008.Most Prestigious Occupations
The occupations at the top of the list are:
Firefighter (62% say “very great prestige”),
Scientist (57%),
Doctor (56%),
Nurse (54%),
Teacher (51%), and
Military officer (51%).
Least Prestigious Occupations
Looking at the other side of the list, only 15% or fewer adults regard the following occupations as having very great prestige:
Real estate agent/broker (5%),
Accountant (11%),
Stock broker (13%),
Actor (15%).
And that's why I don't care about these rankings. I find these annual rankings humorous at best and equally curious ... why do people care about how their professions rank in a survey for reasons other than ego, self-gratification or denigration of others?
I'm a Realtor because I enjoy it, I love being able to spend time with my family, being able to help other families purchase and sell their homes, analyze real estate trends - market, political and technological - in the Charlottesville, Virginia area and nationally, and waking up every day mostly happy and excited to do what I do.
Where I rank on a list - be it one of prestige or production - matters little.
Edit #2 to bring in a Twitter conversation -
TeriLussier says: @JimDuncan interesting. how does congress rate above anyone? (asks the realtor...) sheesh.
and I respond:
@TeriLussier That Congress ranked above anything discredits the entire survey.
