20 Professions That Make A Lot Of Money Despite Their Uselessness
In the ever-evolving landscape of career choices, the pursuit of financial success often aligns with seemingly practical and essential professions. However, a recent query on Reddit flipped the script, inviting users to share their insights on the most useless professions that surprisingly still manage to rake in over $100,000.
The responses unveiled a fascinating array of jobs that challenge conventional wisdom and redefine the boundaries of professional success. Scroll below to read some of the answers.
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#1
Influencer.
#2
Mine. IT strategist. I explain to executives that many of their current problems are the result of not listening to my previous advice. Then I give them fresh new advice that they will ignore. Rinse and repeat.
#3
Televangelist.
#4
Senators. They get paid to sit around and vote yes or no and argue about st. And when they can’t agree on st the whole government shuts down.
#5
Well, there was that conceptual artist who got paid $120,000 for duct taping a banana to a wall…twice.
Perhaps that actually was useful and even important. Maybe it was some kind of galactic code to tell the alien scouts not to destroy our planet. But I doubt it.
#6
Scrum masters get 6 figures to ask people their status.
#7
Middle managers. At every single previous job I could not tell you a single thing that any of the middle managers actually did other than talk to their managers and my managers. They exist solely to send 3 emails per day, sit in 4 meetings, and collect a paycheck.
#8
Just occurred to me because I heard about a guy whose entire job is reselling magic the gathering cards and apparently he makes a lot.
#9
Real Estate Agent.
#10
Wall Street hedgefund manager.
#11
Professional poker player.
#12
Fly to Australia and become a traffic guard on a building site.
#13
A lot of “middle men” jobs. Especially car dealers. They are glorified cashiers/customer service reps. They barely serve a purpose today with smartphones/internet at your fingertips. For example, you just Google: ” I’m looking for a minivan that is reliable and comes with a hybrid option.” You can go from there with further questions and even consumer reviews. Amazing. Need financing? Call a credit union or bank.
#14
Self-help gurus.
#15
Super s****y doctors that can’t get a job in clinical medicine, often due to repeated board complaints or loss of medical license (for incompetence/unethical behavior, etc), can go and work for insurance companies reviewing/denying insurance claims.
#16
Google pays my sister 250k/year to basically sign in once a day and check emails. She can’t even explain what her job is. She doesn’t even code.
Edit: She didn’t get hired right in to this position. She started at the temp level 7 years ago, and has continued to apply for promotions over the years. Ended up on a team put together for some project, and Google pulled the plug on it. Ever since they basically pay those people just to keep them.
#17
Consultant (e.g. KPMG, Deloitte etc.)
Like straight out of university who/what tf are you consulting??? And as a 23 y/o how do you have the experience to consult someone who’s been doing their job for decades???.
#18
HR anywhere.
#19
A lot of sales jobs.
I’m a tractor/machinery salesman, pays very well but wild to me what little impact I have in society. Most of the people that buy were going to buy anyway- and if I was BRUTAL at my job they’d still buy the machinery it’d just be a different color.
I’m not depressed about it- just wild to think about because some of the most impactful jobs in society pay the least. I’d imagine the local school teacher has a vastly larger impact on the community.
#20
Boeing 737 MAX quality inspector.
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