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Originally Posted by ilikecats
Oh, okay. But I'm still interested in it. Some people might really think that. Like there are some things that I don't think count as real jobs, while other people do. Like professional athletes. To me, those aren't real jobs. So some people might really think being a therapist isn't a real job, and I'd just like to hear opinions about it.
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Some people do really think that. Is it a job to show up, listen to people's problems, maybe help them, maybe not, then eventually send them on their way, healed or not? I wouldn't say it's not a job, but I would say that the lack of at least a semi-objective performance evaluation system as most jobs have make it less of a job to me than, say, road grader.
Pet peeve alert: I would say professional athlete is a job, more so than therapist. I went to middle and high school with a future world-ranked tennis player, and believe me, she treated it like a job, one she loved, but a job nonetheless.