What are jobs that give you both power and money (other than politicians)?

[NightHawkBuzz]

Other than politics what jobs give you power and influence?

Edited August 14 by NightHawkBuzz

[Shodburrito]

Hedge Fund Manager, Any high ranking corporate position. 

[Ramanujan]

civil servant , high ranking in corporate ladder

[Consept]

Cult leader 

[quantumspiral]

@NightHawkBuzz How about becoming a tyrannical despot of some obscure tropical backwater banana republic?

All hail El Presidente!

Edited August 14 by quantumspiral

[Staples]

Nuclear warhead red button pusher.

[Keryo Koffa]

Nuclear warhead red button pusher overseer

[Nilsi]

Obviously, the world is insanely complex, and there are many counter-intuitive ways to influence systems. The famous “Tank Man” from Tiananmen Square was arguably more influential in shaping Chinese history than most high-level CCP politicians of that time could have dreamed of, even though he was totally anonymous and likely „just“ a regular working-class man.

Since you’re specifically referring to jobs, the answer would probably be leaders in socially relevant fields like economics, law, education, science, or the media, to name a few.

Given the postmodern capitalist hellhole we live in, where every “real” value can be liquidated by money - or, to speak with Baudrillard, where everything is mere appearance, and the image becomes the almighty tyrant over the real,

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“The terror of the image is precisely this: it is no longer a question of imitation, nor of reduplication, nor even of parody. It is rather a question of substituting the signs of the real for the real.” - Jean Baudrillard

the general wisdom that the closer you are to money, the more of it you can accumulate - with money being virtually synonymous with power - likely holds true. And something like a senior partner in private equity is probably the ultimate master of this "Flatland."

Sam Altman’s statement that “compute is the currency of the future” seems relevant and sensible in this context as well. Just look at him or people like Zuck; they are probably some of the most powerful individuals in the world.

Edited August 14 by Nilsi

[Schizophonia]

I can't wait become a french deputy and win 7500€ per month without almost doing anything

Edited August 14 by Schizophonia

[CARDOZZO]

C-Level, Guru, Actor, Youtuber, Influencer, Thought Leader, Investor.

Edited August 14 by CARDOZZO

[Hojo]

gynecologist

[Heaven]

Owning a night clubs

Edited August 14 by Heaven

[Applegarden8]

Diplomat, PR, public relations, press secretary, journalist sometimes can too

Edited August 16 by Applegarden8

[Joshe]

Data analytics / pattern analysis + machine learning of custom designed heuristic models. At some point, these will be combined to predict the future with a high degree of accuracy. 

What’s more powerful than a prediction machine? 

[Chadders]

@NightHawkBuzz surgeons 

[hyruga]

You create your own power and money sources. 

In almost any jobs, you have to be aware of what positions you are in and work yourself up the hierarchy.

Of course, some jobs come with stress so you have to decide whether you want it or you would rather stay quiet and earn a normal income. 

[An young being]

On 14/08/2024 at 9:34 AM, NightHawkBuzz said:

Other than politics what jobs give you power and influence?

A spiritual guru

[hyruga]

Hold a concert.

Just imagine if everyone pays $200 and you have 500 people in the audience. That's $100k! Thank me for the tip!

How about a tip to add on to this?

[quantumspiral]

@An young being surely you're being ironic?

[Husseinisdoingfine]

@quantumspiral I see you changed your profile picture from the chudjak to the Noft F.C meme.