An Unlikely Job Change: A Freakonomics Original Video

Stephen Dubner interviews a young woman who had a big career change, and went from earning about $70k a year as a computer programmer to more than four times that while working fewer hours

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• career
• job
• economics
• freakonomics
• stephen dubner

[popout886]

I thought she was a prostitute...?

[dj4monie]

@ez1600 U have plenty of space to reply directly. What's misleading about it? I don't care about porn or people in the adult industry making money and how they do it. When did low wage service sector work become respectable when its just a job and you compare that to selling sex, that's a morality judgement, YOU'RE MAKING.

[ez1600]

@dj4monie "... your narrow mindedness..." "...it's legal mostly everywhere in Neveda..." "...Walmart is a job of last resort..." I give - you win! There's not enough room on here to respond to your ridiculous misleading reply.

[dj4monie]

@ez1600 Maybe in your narrow mindedness that doesn't seem possible but as I said some people's parents are supportive PERIOD. Legality also depends where its illegal or not. Its tolerated in most of Canada, its tolerated in Mexico, its legal mostly everywhere in Nevada but Clark Country (Las Vegas, Henderson). Last I checked working at Walmart is a job of last resort for most people, 60% of its workforce qualify for public assistance, they don't even pay enough to get health care coverage...

[ez1600]

@dj4monie "Maybe she can tell her parents, they are understanding." Oh yea, right! Who's parents say, "... yea my baby girl (or son) yea... she's in prostitution right now. Making just as much as if we had sent her to college... without all the student loans!" LOL!

[ez1600]

@dj4monie Or MAYBE she's not admitting to working in the oldest profession and hiding her identity because... ummm... i don't know... IT'S ILLEGAL and she doesn't want anyone to know how she makes her "money." Last time I checked, working as a cashier at Walmart was a legal/honest means of earning an income. If those that work there choose not to let others know about it it's NOT because they are afraid they could be arrested for it! LOL!

[dj4monie]

@lalamango1 Why do you assume Bill Clinton actually paid for it? My understanding is that women give it to him freely because he's a powerful man. As Kissinger said, Power is a Afrodisiac to Women, think about it.

[dj4monie]

@ez1600 Why is it that people project their morals on others? Maybe she can tell her parents, they are understanding. Maybe she's not worried about men admitting to knowing her on back to school night, because that would also mean men are admitting to using her services. Do parents that work at Wal-Mart as a cashier go to Career Day????

[panzercommanderful]

when a woman can make 300k a year working as an escort, it shows an insanely dysfunctional society

[ez1600]

So... you have a job you like making an excellent income... but you can't tell you're mom & dad about it and you can't go to your kids career day at her elementary school and give a talk on it. Hmmm, is this really that great of a job?