The Best Job in America

Amazing! Of those top 35 listed jobs, not one produces anything. They either push paper or people around; or play with computers.

What you saying just hit the nail squarely on the head.

Don't get me wrong I'd like more money, it's just that doing something fulfilling and intellectually challenging is more important.

Everyone understands if a self styled "Artist" says it, but not if a lowly technical type says it.

congratulations on your 100th Good Answer. Well thought out and insightful.

milo

I am a college professor, position 3 on the chart. There is not one educator on our campus that make what is listed as the medium income on the chart.

seems to me that there is some mis-information somewhere. did they only ask ivy league colleges for their incomes? I do have a great job most of the time.

I do produce something- educated students ready to hit the ground running.

I used to have what I considered to be the best possible job ever. I was an engineer supporting a research scientist in the development of a new safety product. I got to do all kinds of things, from adding crash sensors to crash-test cars to plotting test data, to designing test systems and building them, to participating in supplier meetings as a peer with the product design people. It was a very rewarding job for quite a while. The pay was adequate but not excellent, but in spite of that I looked forward to each day at work.

Then it was ruined by a new manager, an MBA who worshiped the japanese management style, believed that all engineers were equal commodity-units, and had a fixation on neatness as a substitute for ability.