As difficult as it is to get advice about what profession to pursue, perhaps the degree of respect each occupation garners can be a reliable index. Lawyer jokes told in movies do not reflect reality. Lawyers are not the most hated professionals. In the same way, everyone would go out for drinks with Rafael Nadal, but professional athletes are not among the most respected either (although they occupy a notable position in the classification). Doctors, scientists and farmers are the most admired, while politicians, reality TV stars and ‘influencers’ are the least professionally sympathetic.
The fact that we have a positive opinion of doctors and scientists, but not so much of politicians or those who become reality TV stars, is due, according to the Zety study, to some factors that make a pro