What job title holds the biggest wow factor

[pancakeontoast]

Just for sat night chat, what job do you think holds the biggest kudos? I think probably a medical consultant or barrister... what do you think...

Barrister.

Footballer? Kudos for the money I guess.

Pilot.

God

High ranking in the military. National and regional directors of public organisations such as civil service, NHS etc. Until covid much of the public had never heard of the people who stood next to the prime minister during the daily briefings. Working for NASA. Working in genetics.

Sea lord is a good one.

😂 I love it

Barrister
Senior diplomat
Accomplished research scientists
Professors

Not sure consultant holds the same kudos it used to.

Astronaut

I think it's probably dependent on you too.

I've met/known several barristers so it doesn't really strike me as a big deal anymore. Same with senior bankers, up to Exec level. (I'm neither BTW, not even close so not a stealth boast 😂)

I think I'd be automatically impressed if someone said they were a commercial pilot though. I've never met a pilot, I'd be very interested.

I worked for a company that had a National Engineer #goals

CEO
CFO
Chief anything especially if it's a FTSE company.
Pilot
Partner of a magic circle law firm or Big Four Accountants
Working for the UN
Investment Banker.
Hedge Fund Partner.
Head of Beauty at Harrods, Harvey Nichols or Selfridges.

Medical Consultants and Barristers not so much anymore.

But Sea Lord trumps all the above.

Fighter pilot
Professional athlete
Michelin starred chef
Astronaut
Professor

DH and I were discussing this earlier

DS wants to be a geophysicist and we decided that no one would know what that is

DD is obsessed with airplanes and we reckon we've a future pilot in the making

I just want my children to be happy. DH and I both have "professional" titles - but I reckon surgeon and judge sound the best 👏🏼

Astrophysicist. I would be in awe and would have absolutely nothing to say to them😂

Transponster or in my work discharge coordinator!

I’m always impressed by a psychiatrist. Also agree the poster who said Judge! And definitely astronaut. I’m now off to google Sea Lord….

Commandant General Royal Marines.

Ambassador

Nursery key worker. Anyone who can put up with 40 slimy toddlers for 10 hours a day is a truly impressive person.

It depends, @pancakeontoast - are you talking about jobs or job titles? Because there are lots of very impressive jobs with not that impressive job titles. But im a civil servant and often come across some really exciting job titles, that are actually quite routine jobs. For instance, i once met someone with the job title "Head of Space". In fact, the job was a kind of trade promotion type job for satellite and related industries and didn't involve ruling over vast swathes of the cosmos 😅

Astronomer Royal.

Poet Laureat

I think anyone who builds code for IBM, for example or who writes algorithms.

Barrister I'm still impressed by.

Anything "Chief Exec" or "Director of"

To be honest I'm not really sure, I suppose anything that initially sounds impressive I suppose. Something that automatically demands respect/ recognition

Brain surgeon
Astronaut

Human rights lawyer