# Professional people: would you take a job as a chauffeeur for a 50% bump in pay? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-people-would-you-take-a-job-as-a-chauffeeur-for-a-50-bump-in-pay/759445 "2016-07-09T00:41:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-people-would-you-take-a-job-as-a-chauffeeur-for-a-50-bump-in-pay/759445/81 "2016-07-12T19:01:52Z")
Does the car have one of those barrier things that I can put up so I don’t have to hear the kid whining in the back seat? Preliminarily I’d say yes to the deal, though I’d have to ask some more questions and see if I got along with the other people before I could really commit to it. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-people-would-you-take-a-job-as-a-chauffeeur-for-a-50-bump-in-pay/759445/82 "2016-07-12T19:11:51Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I’m a bit surpried that no one has asked for more info on the disability suffered by the kid. My first question would have been, “Wait–why does he need both a full-time nurse AND a driver? What makes him such a handful that the nurse can’t drive him around without assistance?” Wait–why does he need both a full-time nurse AND a driver? What makes him such a handful that the nurse can’t drive him around without assistance? I’ll say yes, tentatively, though I’m not sure my current career falls under your “technical training” requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-people-would-you-take-a-job-as-a-chauffeeur-for-a-50-bump-in-pay/759445/83 "2016-07-12T19:19:40Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Wait–why does he need both a full-time nurse AND a driver? What makes him such a handful that the nurse can’t drive him around without assistance? > > I’ll say yes, tentatively, though I’m not sure my current career falls under your “technical training” requirements. If you have hiring & firing power, you’re a professional too. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-people-would-you-take-a-job-as-a-chauffeeur-for-a-50-bump-in-pay/759445/84 "2016-07-12T19:21:14Z")
Computer programmer. No. I genuinely enjoy programming. I do my own projects in my spare time. I’m paid well enough that money isn’t my prime motivator anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-people-would-you-take-a-job-as-a-chauffeeur-for-a-50-bump-in-pay/759445/85 "2016-07-12T19:22:22Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > If you have hiring & firing power, you’re a professional too. I’m a paralegal; the only firing power I have is to get _myself_ fired. And all of my technical training has been on-the-job. That’s why I wasn’t sure if it counted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-people-would-you-take-a-job-as-a-chauffeeur-for-a-50-bump-in-pay/759445.md?page=4)