Social media users are discussing professions where there's a significant difference between how those in the job view themselves and how the public views them, with influencers, security guards, chefs, and bartenders/servers being highlighted.
People Are Sharing The Jobs With The Biggest Discrepancies In How They View Themselves Vs. How The Rest Of The World Views Them, And Yes, Influencers Are On This List"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question everyone got asked as a kid.
Is it just me, or did we all have a phase where we want to be marine biologists? I had no idea what they actually did, but the job sure,"What profession has the biggest gap between how they see themselves and how they’re seen by society as a whole?" and the thread had both eye-opening answers and scalding hot takes. Check out some of the most interesting responses for yourself: "Influencers. I understand wanting to express yourself and putting a camera out there. But it really does seem like a lot of them are insufferable and act as if because they don’t work a 9-5, they’re better than you." "Security guards. Not all security, but we know who I'm talking about. The guys that look like they're trying to be a Navy SEAL or a cop. They see themselves as some authority figure with broad powers. Most of the time, legally speaking, they don't have any greater authority than any other random employee of the company they work for.""Source: I currently work in armed security. I know my role. My role is to prevent foolish behavior that will probably result in something or someone being broken. If I see a crime, I call the police and only intervene to prevent loss of life or limb. Anything less than that and my only responsibility is to document things." "Chefs. They're heavily glamorized by everyone else who thinks chefs are rock stars, but they don’t see it that way. Grueling work and hours, and most don’t even eat what they cook." "Bartenders and servers. Most people in these jobs are either currently working on degrees or use their job in the bar/restaurant as additional income. I don't know why we insist on looking down on servers or bartenders when, in reality, they've got their own set of skills you need to work to be good at it.""Pharmacists. They get bullied, talked down to, yelled at, and are told not to interfere with medicine. In reality, they have doctorates in pharmacy and, after a while of this disrespect, have forgotten more about drugs than most medical doctors will ever learn." "Public school teachers. They get shit on by students, parents and admin daily. Teachers do the best they can with what little resources they have to make a difference." "Social workers. The media depicts us simultaneously as child snatchers and child abuse ignorers. In reality, child protective services is commonly not even staffed by licensed social workers who instead work in a broad range of places, including education, health, hospice, developmental disabilities, etc." "The 'low-end' jobs of society, like package handlers, janitors, fast food workers, construction workers, trash collectors, etc. The jobs parents point out to their kids and say, 'Go to college, or you'll end up like him.' We're the foundation of society, and everyone takes us for granted." "Realtors. I know a dude from high school who is now a realtor. He sells multi-million-dollar houses and makes self-congratulatory posts about how rewarding it feels to help families find their homes. He also recently posted about an 'amazing opportunity to purchase an affordable starter home.' The house was $750k. We live in an HCOL area, but come on, that's just disrespectful." "Mid-level IT people. I do scripting and automation, a bit of sysadmin, and hands-on, break-fix stuff. Outsiders think I'm some kind of super nerd, or computer wizard, or a 'tech-bro,' but the reality is that I'm basically a computer janitor." "Defense lawyers. Their job is not to defend their client, but the law. They're generally portrayed as immoral scumbags who get evil people off the hook for money." "Nurses. There are still some with bleeding hearts who are passionate about caring for patients, but for many, it's just a job. We've lost a lot of experienced nurses, especially after COVID, and the profession is being outpaced by the aging population. Like teaching, nursing is heavily encumbered by clueless administrators who fail to recognize the immense burden of the job itself. I wish people would understand how much the healthcare system is balancing on the backs of burned-out 20 and 30-year-olds." "Dietitians . I work as one in a hospital and mostly deal with cancer patients who have physical tumors obstructing their guts, surgical patients who have had organs removed, people with unexplained and unintentional weight loss of which there is no obvious medical explanation, and patients with neurological issues. Yet whenever I tell people I'm a dietitian, it's always the same answer: 'Ooh, could I have a meal plan to help me lose weight?' 99% of what I do is related to people losing TOO MUCH weight and trying to stop them from starving to death." "Former journalist. I wish the work was as noble as I believed it would be before getting into the profession. The truth is the business model is broken, and newsrooms that do survive have been horribly corrupted by corporate interests and access journalism." "I think tech bros in some spaces think they're changing the world with their 'optimizations,' AI, what have you. I think some of that stuff is important, but I don’t think it’s proportional to some of their egos."Do you have a job that's actually totally different from the way society perceives it? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below.
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