January 8, 2008

The Falling-Down Professions

A rather interesting New York Times article that I took rather personally because of the following paragraph"

"In a culture that prizes risk and outsize reward — where professional heroes are college dropouts with billion-dollar Web sites — some doctors and lawyers feel they have slipped a notch in social status, drifting toward the safe-and-staid realm of dentists and accountants. It’s not just because the professions have changed, but also because the standards of what makes a prestigious career have changed."

However, doctors and lawyers aren't what they used to be in our society and this article points out just that. A great read!

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