Yes, the clergy/court astrologer comparison is very apt. A few are more like engineers (e.g. see Steve Keen's work) but they're not the ones who get the plum j

Yes, the clergy/court astrologer comparison is very apt. A few are more like engineers (e.g. see Steve Keen's work) but they're not the ones who get the plum jobs in government, powerful NGOs or banks - they tend to be professors in backwater universities.