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For what its worth, this is called “occupational prestige” and sociologists run public opinion studies to create actual lists like that: https://en.m.wikipedia.
by macNchz 4y ago
For what its worth, this is called “occupational prestige” and sociologists run public opinion studies to create actual lists like that: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_prestige https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_prestige
- rufus_foreman 4y agoThe actual rankings from that list from high prestige to low (there's no software engineer listed, just computer programmer or computer systems analyst): Doctor Lawyer Software Engineer (if you mean "Computer Systems Analysts and Scientists") Teacher (Postsecondary school) Architect Engineer Executive Teacher (Elementary or Secondary Scool) Software Engineer (if you mean "Computer Programmers") Teacher (Kindergarten) Manager Designer Artist Driver Waiter Bartender Cleaner Which gives a clue why you should never call yourself a computer programmer.