# Jobs: Most Money, Least Effort?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-most-money-least-effort/983392>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 30, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-most-money-least-effort/983392 "2023-04-30T23:23:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-most-money-least-effort/983392/61 "2023-05-04T23:01:55Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Internet “influencer”. Say shit on a website, people click “like”, ad dollars roll in. Or am I missing something?

I think those people work a lot. In my opinion doing mostly stupid, vapid stuff, but they have to learn to shoot and edit videos, maximize advertising, a lot of them write their own material. It’s running a business. I wouldn’t want to do it.

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-most-money-least-effort/983392/62 "2023-05-04T23:55:10Z")

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> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#):
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> Actually there is something you did not mention. They tape about a dozen episodes a day. They do the whole year’s worth in less than a month. The rest of the year she can devote to competitive ski jumping if she wants to.

[Not quite.](https://www.audacy.com/national/music/gallery/wheel-of-fortune-facts-off-camera-secrets-you-didnt-know#the-filming-schedule-is-intense-ck369frp5004x3g62aapxsqyv)

> Pat and Vanna hunker down for four days a month (every other Thursday and Friday) to film six shows each day. Taping one episode takes about 30 minutes thanks to the puzzle board changing from analog to digital in Feb. 1997.

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