There was a good read in the New York Times yesterday called "The Falling Down Professions." It sums up how the "status" professions are not as attractive as they once were. And how “There used to be this idea of having a separate work self and home self...Now people just want to be themselves. It’s almost as if they’re interviewing places to see if they fit them.”
“The older professions are great, they’re wonderful,” said Richard Florida, the author of “The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life” (Basic Books, 2003). “But they’ve lost their allure, their status. And it isn’t about money.”
OR at least, it is not all about money. The pay is still good (sometimes very good), and the in-laws aren’t exactly complaining. Still, something is missing, say many doctors, lawyers and career experts: the old sense of purpose, of respect, of living at the center of American society and embodying its definition of “success.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/fashion/06professions.html?ex=1357275600&en=e6188de13887a970&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
