I'm going to start this article about What Jobs Pay the Most in Three blokes are standing next to each other. The guy on the far left is tall, the one in middle is, well, medium height and the guy on the right is short.

Very tall bloke Cleese: I look down on him because I am Upper Class. I look up to him because he is Upper Class. But I look down on him because he is Lower Class. But while I am poor, I am industrious, honest and trustworthy. And it seems to me that this, in a nutshell, is the essence of the meritocratic society that we seem to live in. Here are some of your options:.

As a lawyer or a barrister you represent people. Defendant, your man wins out. To do this, you need to know your law. Court appearances, a flair for and immunity to the tedium of legal documentation are a must. And regardless of the crime or the pressure you're under, you must be able to both analyse and argue your way through various situations and sometimes moral conundrums. Both last one year. Most of the time doctors have to do the worst shit: To some extent, you HAVE to be a people person, someone who cares and is passionate about human life.

On top of that, you have to be able to deal with the inane bureaucracy that surrounds any kind of care-giving. Be prepared for books and practical lessons galore. Sure, you might have learnt First Aid at school or even in your time with the Territorial Army or as the Fire Safety Monitor at your last job but becoming a doctor or, for that matter, a dentist, requires years of rigorous exams and practical experience.

On the other hand, the whole world is short of doctors. The sky's the limit. So, you've been toiling away in your current job for almost 3 years now and whilst you've had an annual pay rise and been given a newer laptop, nothing much seems to have moved on.

If you stay long enough or have enough good ideas that you can wangle your way into bringing into fruition, you too will be a director of the company one day. Sure, as a Director you'll be working harder than you've ever done in your whole life but then you'll have minions ministering to your every whim, a Blackberry to keep you in the loop at all times and empires of your own to build as well as topple not of your own.

It can be a piece of piss. Stay with the firm long enough and one day, sometime in your 50's or 60's you'll achieve a Directorship. Alternatively, learn to do something extremely well and create and maintain a loyal but feckless group of allies and you've likely got it made anytime from your mid's onwards. You can use them all in one way or another.

Explain to your colleagues and managers why they should follow your line of thinking.

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Regularly turn ad campaigns into winners and you can't help but be noticed by the big bosses. It's the same with Design, Finance, Operations, Logistics, Research, Commercial, Online, Content and Customer Services for these are all departments of which you could be the head honcho.

And remember, if all else fails, stay with the same company until everyone else moves on or dies. You'll then become a Director by default.

The lovely thing about democracy assuming you live in one is that anyone, anyone, in theory can become a representative of the people regardless of sex, colour, education or qualification. In the UK, backbench MP's i. As a member of Parliament you'll mainly be doing 3 things: Basically, you'll potentially be helping to make the laws of the land.

Start cultivating that evil laugh which tells everyone that you have POWER! Again, the whole idea of democracy is that in theory, everyone can become an MP unless you're a registered bankrupt, a vicar, a Crown employee e.

This is the great bit about becoming a politician. Almost everything you've learnt to date can be re-used in this job. And that's because being an MP is a job of many talents. If you're good at numbers you might one day be Chancellor of the Exchequer, if you're good at research it'll help when you're grinding your way through stacks of bills and other documents. And even if the only skill you possess is to make a shit-hot curry, well, that might come in handy when you're entertaining policy wonks and apparatchiks.

If you think I'm kidding bear in mind that Alan Milburn, who became Health Secretary in and was in charge of the biggest employer in Europe — the National Health Service NHS , had only ever run a badge shop in Newcastle-upon-Tyne before becoming a politician. You don't need to be qualified in the sense that you took a specific course at college or university but it helps to have an interest in computers and a smooth way in bossing people around and getting things done.

Project Manager I'm also including the roles of Website Developer, Applications Developer and Software Programmer. I ignored him of course but how I wish I hadn't. Computers are all-prevalent and control many, many different facets of our daily lives.

In any of the roles mentioned above, you might be creating new computer-related products from websites and bits of downloadable software such as the browser you're using to read this to intelligent tags which tell you that the milk in your fridge is about to run out. Hell, there are guys working in IT who have helped to explore the seismic depths of our planet, built robots and even map the surface of Mars.

And if you can work with them, do it! It's not easy but it's not ridiculously difficult either. As long as you have the wit, the time and the energy to learn a couple of programming languages e. If you don't fancy learning any languages, you can become an IT Project Manager by co-ordinating and running IT projects at your existing company.

The more projects you can see through to their completion, the better-looking your CV will be. For IT development work you WILL have to learn some computing languages and there's no way round that. For project management work, any managerial experience will come in handy.

Diplomacy, an attention to detail and a drive to get stuff done on time and on budget will also be extremely useful. Strictly speaking, no degree is necessary although it is preferable. Starting salaries if you join the Graduate Recruitment Program for one of the big firms e. Book-keeping, drawing up company accounts, auditing, mergers, takeovers, acquisitions and planning budgets. This is all bread and buter to yuour regular accountant. Plus the ability to calculate tax so that your client pays as little as possible generally.

There'll be lots of meeting people but even more head down at your desk stuff poring over facts, figures and spreadsheets ad nauseum. Not too tough although, like with most of the other jobs in this list, there is the requisite period of training and on-the-job practical work to go through.

If you're already in another career, you can take the ACCA course Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to get you into the industry.

A head for numbers, research and being able to use Excel are all good signs if you're thinking about becoming an accountant. People skills and the ability to explain complex issues in plain language are also extremely valuable.

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Annual salary In the UK, backbench MP's i. Description As a member of Parliament you'll mainly be doing 3 things: Project Manager Entry level qualifications You don't need to be qualified in the sense that you took a specific course at college or university but it helps to have an interest in computers and a smooth way in bossing people around and getting things done.

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