Latest responses to “My List Of The Top 5 Most Overrated Careers and Jobs” Copyright 2012, MoneyBlueBook.com 441890 2010-04-23T11:17:57-07:00 sb a job? i am leaving that search in googles hands, they are rated #1 in the world. think about that fact then figure out where to work? applying for google is out of the question since google dont need RNs however they search better than any other engine, by 12p I think a job pro I will be. Thanks all you bright minded googlers, all those 0s behind the 1 hasnt raised a question yet? great! see ya 441950 2009-09-22T02:21:57-07:00 Raymond Oh Good God have Mercy: You won't get any disagreement from me. Lawyers suck! And I'm a lawyer myself... Lawyers are definitely not a happy bunch The legal profession really needs a good exposing. Prospective law students need to be fully informed about the ramifications of their decisions to attend law school. Jobs are not as plentiful as they may appear and the profession is utterly saturated with an abundance of aspiring young attorneys with little to no experience to speak of. 441940 2009-09-22T01:54:06-07:00 Oh Good God Have Mercy Don't go to law school. Unless you know exactly what you are doing. Realize that $100K debt comes out to at the very least a 10 year payback period. Most of the lawyers I know and have encountered are the biggest and most miserable sacks of human flesh that you could ever know. The only happy law graduate I know was fortunate enough to find a teaching position at a graduate-level Executive MBA program. A semi-happy lawyer I know works as an attorney for Uncle Sam. The rest of the lawyers I know, older, younger, newly graduated etc, are miserable. None of them are even close to being happy in life. Depression, suicide, divorce, neuroses, addictions etc. Go to abovethelaw or auto-admit and read the people's comments and see if you would ever want to work with these people. Of the 5 people I know who were married when they started law school, only 1 person is still married, 2 years out of school. The rest are now divorced. Does this tell you something? One of my former classmates is a drug addict and an alcoholic. Another guy started taking prescription-strength sleeping pills before he quit his firm job. Another pays for prostitutes and does drugs on a regular basis. All tier 1 graduates, some of whom now clock in over $100K per year. Is the money really producing any satisfaction, fulfillment or happiness for these people? Not really. One guy enlisted a psychologist who said flat out, lawyers on a whole are the least happy professionals. Does this tell you something? Even a tax professor, during prospective student day told me that most of these incoming students have no idea what they are getting themselves into. In so many words she was telling me to get out and go away while I still had the chance. Did I listen to her wisdom? Nope. Should I have listened to her wisdom? Probably. 2 years out of school and I have had a whopping total of 4 months work experience. I have gone on interviews and turned down in favor recent college graduates. Did I mention these were entry-level positions where the interviewers told me that the skills are all learned on the job? Again, does this tell you something? 441930 2009-08-06T15:54:52-07:00 Raymond Lawyer, Yeah I always found it odd that pharmacist degrees don't require a BA or BS degree to obtain. How can one seriously consider a pharmacy degree a doctorate degree then? From what I know about the pharmacy profession (especially after having dated a pharmacy student before), pharmacists make a decent amount of money right off the bat after their 4 years of pharmacy school, particularly if they go into retail which means they are working at CVS or Rite Aid and filling out pill bottles. However, pharmacists have very limited upside in their professions...their salaries start hard and fast, but the income ceiling is rather low. Thoughts? 441920 2009-08-05T18:20:30-07:00 Lawyer You should have put Pharmacy on your list as well. People go into that job simply because it's a relatively quick way to make good money, not because they think they will enjoy the career. Most are not very satisfied when they realize all they do is fill pill bottles all day, and have to keep up with the trillions of new drugs coming out. If socialized health care is passed generic drugs will become more common, and as drug prices decline, so will the salaries of pharmacists. I can easily see them going from 100k a year to 50k, which is more what they deserve. I'm sorry, but I have a beef with them as they are not only overpaid, but now they want the title of doctor, which they don't deserve. When they are required to get a phd, and defend a dissertation of a thesis that they created in front of a panel of experts in their field, then I will call them doctor. An English or History professor with a phd is much more of a real doctor than any pharmacist. I know a girl with half a brain that just got into pharmacy school and she's only a sophomore in college. She won't even have a real bachelors degree when she's done but she'll be a pharmacist! What a joke. 441910 2009-07-27T01:24:29-07:00 Raymond Start a blog and try to find a way to generate a living online? The internet is the biggest occupational frontier we have right now...so much of it remains untapped... I hope you are attending a top tier law school....if not, well...good luck on the job hunt. 441900 2009-07-27T01:21:06-07:00 the truth... I agree with the attorney part and that was the only part I wanted to read, since I am in law school. But what can a person with a JD do ? (besides law)...I am in too deep to quit now (only one year away from graduating and I might as well get my law degree). but I want to make a transition. I am interested in an alternative career? any opinions 441860 2009-05-07T03:24:49-07:00 Raymond Nikkita, Well, you're in luck. Computer science and technology based jobs are still in hot demand. While all employment positions across all sectors are being hit hard by the current economic slump, health related (physician and nursing jobs) and computer related positions are doing relatively and comparatively well. There is currently a healthy supply of computer jobs for the applicants out there. The downside is that you may have to compete with slightly more qualified individuals vying for more entry level positions. The salary package for computer jobs varies greatly depending on industry, experience, and geographical location. But I would think $50,000 minimum is very possible in most cases. But if you can, I'd advise you to get a few more years of advanced computer training and certifications to beef up your resume. While computer science applicants have it easier in this market than others, job pickings are not as great as they were a few years ago. Your best bet is to stay in school and ride this recession out for a few more years if possible. 441870 2009-05-07T03:14:37-07:00 nikkita shukla hellow sir I am CS student,i would like to know about the demand for CS at present and future in the market and about salary package 441850 2009-05-05T11:05:49-07:00 JHS More unfounded generalizations! And such unfair ones, to boot. I work with a delightful bunch of folks and, I assure you, we are very happy people. We love our jobs and do not view our work as "finding faults." Rather, I am a truth-seeker and, as an officer of the court, charged with responsibility for making sure that I present the information I find in good faith so that justice can be done. I practice employment law and it is endlessly fascinating because it involves the actions of human beings and their motivations. Again, I strongly urge your readers not to take negative comments posted here at face value, as they are NOT representative of all lawyers's feelings, activities or goals. I spent the first 15 years of my career handling civil rights cases (harassment, discrimination, retaliation). I am proud of the work I've done and will always consider myself a civil rights attorney, even though I am now on the labor side. Why? Because at the end of the day, it is all about what is RIGHT and assuring that justice is done.