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Originally Posted by BMartin 234
One metric that could be looked at is job satisfaction: http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/job.html
It definitely shouldn't be the only factor for choosing a career, but at least for me, I would call happiness in one's career "valuable." I know that I looked at this list before choosing a college major. |
I don't know what criteria they used to measure job satisfaction, but I lost all faith in the results after doing a little poking around.
I checked on "Airline Pilot" and saw that it was near the very top of the list. Having been one, having sat in crew rooms with many fellow pilots, and having jumpseated on countless flights, I can honestly say that I've never met a group of people that hates their job more. I was a second-career pilot (fairly common in that industry) and every time I jumpseated and rode up front the crew would always ask, "what did you do before becoming a pilot?". After I said I was an engineer, the next statement was always along the lines of, "you quit that to put up this?" I would also commonly hear, "every time it comes up I try to talk my kids out of going into this profession." You don't hear too many people trying to convince other NOT to go into their profession.
With all that being said, I know many pilots that love it and wouldn't consider doing anything else.
Anyway, I guess the results of any such survey are highly dependent upon which people you talk to, as well as the mood they're in on that particular day.