Ahhhhhh interesting! That was my next guess--the age Gap, I hadn't considered gender
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Also it's an industry where entry and advancement are output-based rather than credentialed but perhaps this doesn't matter to most (Heh This is partly me flexing on doctors) I think I should look at this as a notch within a class rather than, like, a full separate rung, tho
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yeah, both engineering and doctor/lawyer are wide bellcurves Lotta attorneys working for $50/hr (after expenses) doing stupid divorces for people in trailer parks. Lotta engineers living off of Google stock, occasionally doing 30 hours of contracting at $300/hr for <esoteric>
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and it's not dollars alone that define class (I'm sure we both agree) it's refinement / freedom / etc. The soft eng who jets to Thailand on a whim to kayak w friends >>> the debt-burdened doc working fixed schedule at a doc-in-the-box clinic for pay his student loans.
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I can't countenance a schema of this sort that puts the best plumber beneath the worst surgeon No one stands vigilant on the barricades that secure the realms of men like plumbers
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Doesn't matter if YOU can countenance or not ; it's a scheme that's intended to explain what exists. It's like Google pagerank; you can assert that http://FlintstonesBradyBunchSlashFic.biz is more important than http://economist.com , but your opinion isn't what people care about.
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