25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money

As Russell Wilson looks for a new home after being released from the Broncos with history's biggest ‘dead money’, there is renewed talk that quarterbacks, and football players in general, are often overpaid. However, talk about someone being overpaid has, at some point or another, touched on almost every profession in this world.

For example, here is a viral thread in the AskReddit community, with participants actively giving examples of occupations whose lucky owners earn over 100k, but at the same time the job itself is either easy to do or makes no sense at all, according to netizens. So please enjoy this selection from the thread’s most interesting postings, prepared for you by Bored Panda!

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Televangelist.

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LizzieBoredom 8 months ago

They need to tax these people so they are forced to creatively get out of paying taxes just like all the other wealthy people.

65points

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Influencer.

PhilosophyHefty2237 , Los Muertos Crew Report

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108points

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Apatheist Account2 8 months ago

How shallow does one have to be to be "influenced" by people in this way?

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Mine. IT strategist. I explain to executives that many of their current problems are the result of not listening to my previous advice. Then I give them fresh new advice that they will ignore. Rinse and repeat.

Charming_Cupcakexo , George Morina Report

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100points

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Cosmikid 8 months ago

God help us, this moron has let the secret out!! We need a Sanitation squad here, quick!

33points

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It just so happens that if you glance at the list of professions that netizens consider unnecessary or clearly overpaid, then there will be many managerial positions, as well as intermediaries like real estate agents or salespersons. And, of course, officials at various levels - especially since the trend towards the so-called ‘digital state’ is gradually spreading more and more in the world, where many bureaucratic positions are simply replaced by an application on your smartphone.

25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Senators. They get paid to sit around and vote yes or no and argue about s**t. And when they can’t agree on s**t the whole government shuts down.

ATXKLIPHURD , angela n. Report

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91points

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Cosmikid 8 months ago

Yes, but ever since the word "Senate" was coined- ancient Rome I think - getting INTO the Senate has always required huge wealth. Not a good place to "start".

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Super s****y doctors that can't get a job in clinical medicine, often due to repeated board complaints or loss of medical license (for incompetence/unethical behavior, etc), can go and work for insurance companies reviewing/denying insurance claims.

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69points

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Cosmikid 8 months ago

Oh THAT'S where they throw the garbage!! That explains so much!!!!!

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Self-help gurus.

Delirium88 , Oleksandr P Report

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66points

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Cosmikid 8 months ago

actually start-up pay sucks.

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On the other hand, for example, various managerial positions in IT also do not always mean that a person receives insane money literally for nothing. In the end, an IT architect or a team lead is a person who, in the vast majority of cases, has gone through the entire career path from a junior developer, and now they are paid not so much for their skills, but for the knowledge and experience acquired during this long way. Knowledge and experience, which, you see, are worth the money.

25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Google pays my sister 250k/year to basically sign in once a day and check emails. She can't even explain what her job is. She doesn't even code.

Edit: She didn't get hired right in to this position. She started at the temp level 7 years ago, and has continued to apply for promotions over the years. Ended up on a team put together for some project, and Google pulled the plug on it. Ever since they basically pay those people just to keep them.

Legendary_Lamb2020 , Christina Morillo Report

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63points

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SCP 4666 8 months ago

Where do you apply? ....asking for a friend

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Consultant (e.g. KPMG, Deloitte etc.)

Like straight out of university who/what tf are you consulting??? And as a 23 y/o how do you have the experience to consult someone who's been doing their job for decades???.

A12_Archangel , The Coach Space Report

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62points

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Bart 8 months ago

KPMG has 23y old consultants because everyone with more life experience runs away from that kind of company...

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money A lot of sales jobs.

I'm a tractor/machinery salesman, pays very well but wild to me what little impact I have in society. Most of the people that buy were going to buy anyway- and if I was BRUTAL at my job they'd still buy the machinery it'd just be a different color.

I'm not depressed about it- just wild to think about because some of the most impactful jobs in society pay the least. I'd imagine the local school teacher has a vastly larger impact on the community.

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SCP 4666 8 months ago

Well he's right about that. Jobs with high societal impact pay less - which needs to change ASAP

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“We must not forget that any market, despite its regulation by various government agencies, still remains, let’s say, a living functioning organism that pretty quickly responds to any challenges,” says Olga Kopylova, Ph.D., associate professor of economics at Odessa National Maritime University, to whom Bored Panda reached out for a comment here. “And if there are a lot of people in a certain profession who receive their salary, then most likely there is a steady demand for this profession.”

“We can say as much as we want that this or that occupation is ‘useless’, but if it’s a profession related to business or commerce, then, most likely, it is still needed for the company. Of course, it often happens that management ‘produces’ various managerial positions, the presence of which is not always justified, but this, it seems to me, is more a special case than a rule,” Olga summarizes.

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money HR anywhere.

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Gabby M 8 months ago

HR Everywhere!

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Well, there was that conceptual artist who got paid $120,000 for duct taping a banana to a wall...twice.

Perhaps that actually *was* useful and even important. Maybe it was some kind of galactic code to tell the alien scouts not to destroy our planet. But I doubt it.

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Apatheist Account2 8 months ago

Now we know the scale of the problem...

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#12

25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Boeing 737 MAX quality inspector.

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48points

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Ace 8 months ago

Incompetent is not exactly the same as useless.

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Returning to Russell Wilson, I will still tell you that he was definitely overpaid in Colorado. 11-19 for two years in Denver, for $245M, in fact - if this is not overpayment, then what can we call it? However, quarterbacks and athletes are not on this list at all. But who else is? Well, please scroll this selection to the very end yourselves and maybe add your own ideas in the comments below.

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Middle managers. At every single previous job I could not tell you a single thing that any of the middle managers actually did other than talk to their managers and my managers. They exist solely to send 3 emails per day, sit in 4 meetings, and collect a paycheck.

bbbbbthatsfivebees , Jonathan Borba Report

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40points

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Cosmikid 8 months ago

Wait until you get promoted into middle management. Then tell us. :-)

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#14

25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Just occurred to me because I heard about a guy whose entire job is reselling magic the gathering cards and apparently he makes a lot.

ilikepoggers , Yasuyuki Hirata Report

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39points

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BlueBlazer999 8 months ago

So, scalpers.

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#15

25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Scrum masters get 6 figures to ask people their status.

AulMoanBag , cottonbro studio Report

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37points

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Sara 8 months ago

Some scrum masters, yes. But the ones who are good at their job are vital. My SM knows how to knock down barriers and get s**t done because devs don't know how to talk to humans.

23points

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Corporate lawyers fighting other corporate lawyers.

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20points

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Cosmikid 8 months ago

Which is why prices keep going up- ultimately - you pay.

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Real Estate Agent.

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18points

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HARRY KOPPERS 8 months ago

no. they make it easier to buy property, without you dealing directly with whiny-a*s sellers, who in turn need an agent so they don't have to deal with your whiny a*s

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Anything in college administration.

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Final score:

17points

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Cosmikid 8 months ago

H.L. Mencken said "Those who can, do. Those who can't; teach." My own addendum: "Those who can't teach - administrate." and give me credit when you use it.

18points

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Model.

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5points

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Kohl 8 months ago

Modeling is actually a useful job - mannequins don't quite show off clothes right for ads

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25 Professions That, Despite Being Completely Useless, Bring Loads Of Money Dropshipping.

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Final score:

0points

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M O'Connell 8 months ago

What's wrong with this? It's kind of a win/win for all involved. Manufacturers get to transact with dealers only, who handle all of the support questions and billing, while dealers have the benefit of not having to sink capital into physical stock. Customers get personal support from dealers, and the manufacturer doesn't have to deal with their nonsense. It certainly works in the business I'm in.

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What do you think ?

Undercover 8 months ago

They forgot the whole sport segment. Playing ball can make you a multimillionaire. It's kinda dumb

12points

CP 8 months ago (edited)

Entertainment is important to a human's well being and is therefore useful. If you are upset athletes get paid too much then you should get upset at the socialism billionaires get to build stadiums. Besides they get paid what they are worth. You should be happy for them and upset if you aren't. If they didn't get paid that much all the money would go to the owners.

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Happy to be a wallflower 8 months ago

The multimillionaire part is dumb, but people value entertainment. Actors, sports players, singers, artists, writers, etc all make money because they're entertainers

Mike F 8 months ago

That's because people spend a STUPID amount of money for anything sports related. $80 for a (replica) jersey? No problem. $120+ per season to watch the games? Sign me up! $100+ per game to sit with a bunch of drunk people and watch a game? I'm in! Players make a ton of money because people spend a ton of money on sports and related objects.

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Mr. D 8 months ago

Bored Panda Reddit article collector....oh sorry..."W R I T E R"

CP 8 months ago

You are free to patronize another website.

Šimon Špaček 8 months ago

Maybe I'm just bitter, but actors. In Friends they were each paid 1 million per episode (since season 4 or 5). 24 millions per year for each of them? Or in other term, 150 millions for each for the whole show? And this is still not the most ridiculous when we talk about actors. (Just for record, average American makes about 1.7 million in life)

Cat Chat 8 months ago

Not really. People need entertainment in their life, so their jobs aren't useless. Do they make ridiculous amounts of money? Yes they do, but that's not the complete point of list.

Do you think all that money should go to the corporations instead of the workers?

Elizabeth BUCHAN-KIMMERLY 8 months ago

On average actors make about $5000 a year from their craft. Many don't make enough to pay for the union's health insurance. And even for "stars" it can be a short term career. Where is Molly Ringwald today? Women in particular go from ingenue to grandmother. Best bet in acting is to be homely and go for character parts if you want to be in the business long term.

Ken Beattie 8 months ago

Like with athletes, I'd much rather see the actors get a sizeable chunk of the pie than the producers/investors. I do however, wish more of the creatives (writers, directors, etc) got paid better too.

Flora Porter 8 months ago

It's not really about the acting. As with footballers, it's more like a token percentage of the ad revenue the show brings.

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