[prirun]

I had a minor procedure a while back - enough that I had to be put under - and asked my nurse if she was happy with her job. She said yeah, she loved it, but she made more money as a barkeep! I was completely shocked, especially considering the hours nurses are expected to work. This was a real nurse, not an aide. I think healthcare is a not-so-great career anymore, again because corporate profits are all that matter.

[exolymph]

Was she hot? You can make a ton of money as a bartender if you're an attractive woman.

[johnnyanmac]

Oh yeah. Nurses and MD's are night and day in compensation. And I'm sure you've heard the teacher salaries as well by this point.

Skilled labor does not outdo the decades of gender conformity expected from these jobs.