[CAUT] Best (and Worst) Jobs

[David Ilvedson]

There was a time that piano tuners and sculptors had the most job satisfaction.   I don't know where I heard that...maybe that has something to do with rock solid tuning...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ed  Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 1/8/2010 5:13:09 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Best (and Worst) Jobs


>Where do they get this information?
>How many members of PTG would describe themselves as "Piano Tuners?"
>I don't think the salaries are based on accurate samplings for self-employed piano 
>technicians.

>The categories by which they rate the jobs are all negative, that is, they rate the 
>stresses and dangers which "labor" must cope with in order to "keep the job."

>Studies of life satisfaction and happiness show a very different picture. Once people 
>earn enough to provide for basic needs, the best way to increase happiness is to 
>increase ones autonomy and control over ones work and life. Increasing income 
>without increasing freedom does not effectively increase happiness. 

>For many of us in this profession, the freedom to control our work is a major 
>motivator.

>Ed S.
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Carl Root 
>  To: caut at ptg.org 
>  Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 7:14 PM
>  Subject: [CAUT] Best (and Worst) Jobs


>  Thought this might be of interest. . . . 


>  
>http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/st_BESTJOBS2010_20100105.ht
>ml


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