While going through financial blogs the other day, one particular blog caught my attention. It has listed the top ten most prestigious and least prestigious careers of America according to survey results. I was surprised to find journalism ranking 3rd in the least prestigious careers list!

Here’s the list:

10 MOST prestigious professions:

1. Firefighters
2. Scientist
3. Teacher
4. Doctor
5. Military Officer
6. Nurse
7. Police Officer
8. Minister/Priest/Clergy
9. Farmer
10. Engineer

10 LEAST prestigious professions:

1. Athlete
2. Business Executive
3. Journalist
4. Union Leader
5. Stockbroker
6. Entertainer
7. Accountant
8. Banker
9. Actor
10. Real Estate Agent/Broker

Here’s an excerpt from the author’s views on journalism

Despite being the voice of the people, journalists are on the list of least prestigious occupations in America, with only 13% of the American public consider the job to have “very great prestige” and about 16% of American public consider the job to have “hardly any prestige at all.” (Crap where does that put bloggers on the list then!?)

I want to draw your attention to this particular line “Crap where does that put bloggers on the list then!?” So how prestigious are we the bloggers, who spend hours writing and opinionating, in the eyes of Americans I want to know?

It seems the prestige meter is marked with reference to the nobleness of the profession, educational qualifications, work difficulty and the training rigor. I don’t think on any of these factors you can disqualify journalism. They say that firefighters top the list because they are putting themselves in hazardous situations to save the lives of others. Aren’t journalists too putting their lives in hazardous conditions to reveal information to the world? So, why are they in the bottom 3 prestigious job holders?

As far as my personal opinion is concerned, I feel every job is equally prestigious. In a land of equal opportunities, if this report were to be true, how did this discrepancy creep in?

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