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Would you ever consider choosing a career in a field that has a bad reputation or is a so-called "toxic" or "tarnished" industry?

A "Bank of America" report lists some of the most negatively regarded careers in the country, which include dog breeders (for keeping puppies in kennels, oftentimes in unsanitary conditions), real-estate brokers (who are believed to just hunt for the biggest commissions), bill collectors, morticians (who prey on grieving families and try to sell them expensive items for final arrangements), and accident lawyers (that seek out accidents to convince injured drivers to sue).
Would you work in those or other industries if they had a bad name?

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December 04, 2009 04:31 PM
Yes, I would, and I would do what I could to be a reputable business person and help repair that image. Society demands dog breeders, morticians, real-estate agents, accident attorneys and the like. There are good and bad folks in every profession, and it isn't fair to judge a whole industry by a few greedy or unscrupulous members.
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December 05, 2009 10:08 AM
Yes I would if they could pay me well enough but the industries you mention could not pay me enough.

How about nuclear energy, drug companies, chemical industries, natural resource exploitation and weapons.
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December 05, 2009 08:04 PM
I have worked in one of those professions. I was a dog breeder for a short while. They do get an awful lot of criticism because of some people that don't care about the animals only the money. I bred and raised Pomeranians for a couple of years but I gave it up because it was so stressful for me to see my little ones having puppies. It was almost like watching your daughter in all that pain. There are good and bad in any profession I wouldn't let it sway me from what I wanted to do.
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January 26, 2010 07:24 AM
This will depend on my career interest besides it would be my own decision if I would choose a career well being a real estate broker is not that bad its just that this industry had been affected badly by the economic recession
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