Is There Such a Thing as a Sexy Job?

[Deactivated] on 24/08/2019 - 20:21
Last edited 24/08/2019 - 20:21

Hiya,
We had the neigbour's teenager son over for dinner tonight and the conversation somehow turned to jobs and what he's looking for in one. His one and only requirement is that it needs to be something "cool" and that will turn him into a chick-magnet.

My wife's tongue-in-cheek suggestion was to become a barista … which got me into thinking: is there really a job/jobs that are universally regarded as cool or sexy? Are you in one of those jobs?

If not,what was your criteria for the choice of a career?

Poll for fun: Do you like your current job?

JJB

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  • 115
    Yes, love it. It's my dream job!
  • 287
    Meh, it's not bad. Pays the bill.
  • 70
    No, it's soul destroying!
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Comments

        • Kangal on 25/08/2019 - 09:23
          +9

          *gets moist *

    • Montyjpm on 26/08/2019 - 09:10
      +2

      Is that you Mr. Trump?

  • Of Aquitaine on 24/08/2019 - 23:32
    +3

    aeroplane pilot

    • mr fox on 25/08/2019 - 22:17
      +2

      Airline pilot. Subtle but important distinction.

  • SlavOz on 24/08/2019 - 23:41
    +6

    lol your neighbors son sounds like a dropkick. Probably the type of guy to get a "No Regrats" tattoo.

    Some jobs can make you seem less attractive or can help you start an interesting conversation, but no job is universally cool. Women want someone with money and their shit together. By the sounds of it he won't have to worry about either.

    • silverrat23 on 27/08/2019 - 17:46

      It’s “No Ragrats”.

  • jdee87 on 24/08/2019 - 23:46
    +4

    This reminds me of that HIMYM episode, think Barney talked about professions with the hottest women and mentioned flight stewardess, nurses I think. But for men, I think pop culture considers high-earning jobs or non-financial sexy (In Friends, Rachel said that accountants aren't, if my memory serves me right). Or those in uniform — servicemen, firemen… Baristas are probably cool to certain people, especially hipster ones.

    I've had an ex though who said being passionate about a job is attractive, regardless of its nature.

    • Findo on 25/08/2019 - 03:46
      +1

      Investment banking is often seen as a sexy profession, at least as a VP and above. I don’t think analyst hours or their pay are particularly sexy.

      • jace88 on 25/08/2019 - 04:45
        +2

        And lawyers thanks to Suits.

      • Jugganautx on 25/08/2019 - 12:42

        Returning video tapes also has something to do with it.

    • silverrat23 on 27/08/2019 - 17:47

      But, in HIMYM Ted’s job as an architect was considered sexy.

      • jdee87 on 11/09/2019 - 14:18

        Oh yeah, you're right. Barney did pretend to be Ted because of the architect thing. Guess sexy jobs are different for the sexes.

  • Yummy on 25/08/2019 - 02:03
    +8

    Plumber, with bum crack.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 08:05
      +1

      Having a bum crack is definitely a prerequisite for becoming a plumber, for sure.

  • relentless on 25/08/2019 - 02:33
    +4

    Site moderator

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 08:05
      +3

      Which begs the question, who's the sexist mod on ozb? 😕

      • Quantumcat on 25/08/2019 - 08:07
        +1

        The one who thinks that either men or women are inferior?

        • Kangal on 25/08/2019 - 09:24

          But which one is that?

          • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 13:47

            @Kangal: Who would you like it to be, Kangal? Com'on you can tell us🤐

        • [Deactivated] on 27/08/2019 - 18:00

          *sexiest :)

          Oops! I was having touchscreen issues with the batphone.

      • luffyex2010 on 27/08/2019 - 08:42
        +1

        Sexist mod hmmmm they could lose their mod job if we were to vote that person lol.

        Only a bot can decide this.

      • silverrat23 on 27/08/2019 - 17:47

        Scotty

  • dcep on 25/08/2019 - 03:14
    +1

    Topgun and Topgun:Maverick

  • tomleonhart on 25/08/2019 - 06:17
    +1

    Any job that I work in is a sexy job.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 08:04
      -1

      Obviously!

  • atomickitty27 on 25/08/2019 - 08:03
    +2

    My partners and I are both firefighters in our spare time. Our day jobs are admin/bookkeeper and fitter/PT. So we quite often do the Superman thing and break out of our regular clothes into our blues and rush off

  • screensaver on 25/08/2019 - 08:37

    Singer, actor, dancer, hairdresser, I met a doctor recently who had to hold my wrist for an exam, that was the best moment ever. I instantly melted. Havent heard back from him yet and probably wont. Just a few hang up calls

    • parisienne on 25/08/2019 - 11:53
      +1

      HAHAHA hellopam2019.As someone who works in one of those supposedly "sexy" industries (how any man could find a woman potentially covered in blood / vomit / poo / unidentified bacteria and / or viruses and sweat from running all day whilst wearing the workwear equivalent of pyjamas is beyond me,but hey,whatever does it for someone is OK),THAT is one of the best perks of the job.Years ago,i was working in a specialty area of nursing,and every year we were sent a new batch of Drs from Europe that were doing post grad training over here,and every year those Drs just got better and better to look at (one in particular….he had every woman he met breaking into a sweat),and the fact that he was obviously a caring,intelligent and extremely attractive (he was also a really nice guy),with an accent that commanded attention just made him sexy on a level that 14 years later,i have never seen again.
      Having said that,another year one came over and he was nothing short of Adonis level gorgeous….even more so than above mentioned medico,and again,smart / accent BUT he was said by many,many people to be a real self absorbed ahole that was not pleasant at all to work with.That made him instantly NOT so sexy,so i think the moral is "you can be all those things that historically have been thought to be sexy for a man to be,BUT none of that matters if you are an ar$@".

      • screensaver on 25/08/2019 - 12:46
        +1

        t looks like he stuck to medical ethics and also mentioned something about my age and that I couldnt have children anymroe. But there is no doubt we were given an opportunity for love and he couldnt take the opportunity for above reasons. I have had a lot of sadness over this. At first I thought we could make it, but that would depend on him contacting me. But he hasnt. There have been a few calls where no one spoke though. Of course that may not be him.

  • Sisusaasuun on 25/08/2019 - 08:39
    +1

    As a woman what I find sexy in a man is confidence. So it doesn't matter what work you do as long as you know what you're doing and don't be arrogant.

    • Dreamcast on 26/08/2019 - 10:08
      +2

      Hi.

    • Griffindinho on 27/08/2019 - 15:52
      +1

      What happens if the guy is ugly and is confident? He would be seen as a creep right?

  • MessyG on 25/08/2019 - 08:39
    +6

    Depends on the kind of chicks he wants to attract. KFC or organic?

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 08:45
      +2

      Free range chicks .. The less parental supervision they have, the happier he would be. That being said, he's actually quite a nice boy.

      • MessyG on 25/08/2019 - 10:25

        If he's a nice boy then if he really really wants to get girls, firefighter. My best friends husband was in IT and got sick of it, became a firefighter and became an overnight chick magnet.

        The other slightly more boring alternative is to just make a lot of friends of both gender (without the overarching goal to get a girl because that's picked up on very easily) and eventually it just happens albeit in a far less exciting way!

        • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 10:29
          -2

          In a perfect world, being a nice boy should be enough to get the girls. Don't understand why most of them are so into bad boys and jerks.

          • MessyG on 25/08/2019 - 13:04

            @[Deactivated]: It's mainly because they've got horrible self esteem and people tend to choose a partner that reflect where they are at in life. I wouldn't be advising anyone to go for girls with that sort of taste because they need to work their sh*t out on their own, instead of through someone else. It rarely ends well.

            I don't like the word nice though. There's kind, clever, funny…so many adjectives you could use to describe a person - nice is superficial and totally passive. People go for people who do things in a similar way to them - there's absolutely nothing differentiating about the word nice!

            • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 13:15
              +1

              @MessyG: I feel the same way about the word 'nice'. 'Nice' was easier to type on an old phone than "friendly, polite, always happy to help and all-round good kid".

          • AncientWisdom on 25/08/2019 - 17:55
            +5

            @[Deactivated]: That's because nice is often "nice" i.e. not authentic. If a guy is nice because he wants to get something out of it from the girl then it's not really nice at all is it? And usually when he doesn't get what he wants, he becomes passive aggressive etc. With jerks at least what you see is what you get, and on top of that they're Alpha. Unfortunately in our society/culture there's not a lot of examples for what an authentic confident guy looks like in the non jerk category, but I promise you that kind of guy attracts a lot of the women he meets.

            To make things more complicated, women aren't necessarily aware or honest about what they're attracted to, resulting in a lot of boys being sold this fantasy of the nice guy getting the girl of his dreams (you can see it in many movies too) and then leading a life of frustration not understanding why this paradigm isn't working for them.

            I highly recommend reading No More Mr Nice Guy to understand this phenomenon in depth.

          • crentist on 26/08/2019 - 17:16
            +1

            @[Deactivated]: This is naive. Being nice isn't much use if you never meet girls in the first place, or if you get nervous and can't show the good side of your personality.
            Those "jerks" you mention aren't attracting girls because they are jerks, but because they actually talk to girls in the first place. And often have some idea how to be charming, or at least progress interactions in a sexual way.

            "Nice boys" are often just clueless about girls and expect girls to not only match the boys desire for every potential partner around them, but also bring the confidence to actually pursue them.
            But here's the thing. Girls often aren't that confident either. Plenty of them are just as clueless about meeting guys or pursuing someone they like. So they can end up with the "jerks" who actually make that effort.

            The useful thing to know is that while clueless guys might go for "manly" activities to become more attractive to women without actually meeting any (eg car clubs, footy), many clueless girls are out there doing the same thing in "girly" activities. Many of them are probably sick of only meeting jerks, too.

            Take a shortcut and start doing yoga, cooking classes etc. It's fun and you'll be forced to meet more girls, and learn how to interact with them better.
            You'll still need to learn to be charming and progress things in a sexual way (without being a jerk), which is another skill to learn. But you'll have more opportunities to do so, and can finally stop silently fantasizing over every other girl on the train. Worst case you end up with some cool new friends to silently fantasize over and remain clueless about, best case you end up with some cool new friends plus the ability to pursue a partner when you want to.

  • screensaver on 25/08/2019 - 08:45

    How about a DJ or Rapper?

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 19:10
      +3

      I have a acquaintance who is a wedding dj. He says he never goes home alone after an event.

      • ar7ist on 26/08/2019 - 09:17
        +9

        Probably takes a taxi

      • slow on 26/08/2019 - 15:43

        I can agree with that. I used to DJ in my younger years, For some reason intoxicated women at weddings seem to be attracted to the average looking DJ, especially if he has played their requests.

      • [Deactivated] on 26/08/2019 - 15:43

        *an acquaintance

  • screensaver on 25/08/2019 - 08:48
    -1

    This boy has a lot to learn. You have to be prepared to clean loos if you really want a job. And being in love with one person is the best feeling.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 08:50
    +7

    Forklift driver, you get to be a badarse in fluro and have a genuine risk of actually killing yourself at work

  • Zonty on 25/08/2019 - 09:14

    Well I Do not know any sexy job but I know after work hard there is no chance having sex( because of tired).

  • kramkramkram on 25/08/2019 - 09:15
    +3

    Proffessional Race Car Driver
    Wolf of Wall St.
    Plastic Surgeon

  • sharkyoz on 25/08/2019 - 09:20
    +1

    Pastrycook, chicks love the sweet treats, but watch they dont eat too much lol

  • profar on 25/08/2019 - 09:23
    +1

    Any position of power but I think this kid won't make it there :)

  • Donaldhump on 25/08/2019 - 10:37
    +4

    being an international pilot, easiest job to have raging affairs with.

    1.) your always alone in hotels.
    2.) women/men know your alone the second you say your a pilot, and are often in same position, unattached hook ups that you never see again.
    3.) colleagues turn blind eyes as they expect the same secracy.
    4.) people assume its a well to do job.

    cons

    5.) you need a trusting and tolerant other half
    6.) if your an honest partner, being away is an extremely lonely job

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 11:27
      +1

      Same for flight attendants, I would think. One of my friends recently divorced his flight attendant wife after it came out that she alledgedly had multiple affairs in the 3 years that they've been together :(

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 14:27
      +7

      Seriously man, you're.

  • dufflover on 25/08/2019 - 10:49
    +11

    YVAN EHT NIOJ

  • ozbjunkie on 25/08/2019 - 11:12
    +2

    Kid is already off the mark. Take any job that pays well, then think of one that sounds sexy, and lie.

    The inherent truth in an old joke comes to mind…

    "Why is it ok to lie about your job to get a woman into bed?"

    "Because it works".

    • Griffindinho on 27/08/2019 - 15:59

      No. If are only able to get women to sleep with you by your high paying job then you’re not really sexually attractive. She only sees you for resources. I know a guy who’s tall and handsome still gets girls despite not working.

      • ozbjunkie on 27/08/2019 - 16:25

        If she's with me for my resources she's going to get a second rude surprise.

        The first is that I like buttstuff.

        I don't care why they sleep with me, as long as they sleep with me.

  • cashews on 25/08/2019 - 12:00
    +2

    Tradie

  • Carmen Sandiego on 25/08/2019 - 12:17
    +3

    As a single female, my only "sexiness" criteria in terms of male jobs is something that's stable and a job that my partner feels very open and comfortable talking about.

    As for my own job, I freaking love being an Insurance Broker. Literally fell into it but, wouldn't trade it for the world.

    Like other have said in this thread, doing a job that you love which gets you out of bed in the mornings gives you all the confidence in the world. This is my third career change and this is the only job which I can very happily say my job title.

  • Tuftsdude on 25/08/2019 - 12:46

    I use to work in a gold/jewellery shop that sells 18k/21k/22k gold. That was considered "sexy" cause all the ladies came. But tbh I was quite innocent back then and hated the job after a short time, for personal reasons.

    As for current job, I get all the (profanity).
    Have 2 cats and 2 kittens I feed and play with on the night shifts.

    • Save Medicare on 25/08/2019 - 15:40
      +1

      Wish I could play with cats on night shift

      • Tuftsdude on 25/08/2019 - 17:00
        +2

        Pussie* got censored lmao.

        But yeah, those cats really grew onto me.

  • Homr on 25/08/2019 - 12:59
    +3

    It's not the job itself that makes a job sexy, its the person who is doing the job makes the job sexy.

    If your 6 foot tall, with killer abs, muscular build coupled with a kick ass masculine jawline, then any job you do will be "sexy"

    • MessyG on 25/08/2019 - 13:05

      Yuck no - what on earth have you been reading to come to that belief. Get out there and meet some human girls! Guys find super-overt masculinity sexy, plenty of girls don't!

      • Donaldhump on 25/08/2019 - 13:28
        +1

        i hope my misses doesn't otherwise i am in trouble

      • Homr on 25/08/2019 - 14:48
        +3

        MissG - You're the minority! How can you not find someone like Chris Hemworth not sexy?

        "what on earth have you been reading to come to that belief."

        Not reading, just based on my research by talking to other girls.

        • Griffindinho on 27/08/2019 - 16:02
          +2

          Shes just virtue signalling. If some famous good looking actor offered her to spend the night with him, she wouldn’t refuse it right?

      • outlander on 25/08/2019 - 14:51
        +1

        It's illuminating though, isn't it? What many men find to be the perfect form to attract ladies..
        It shows how much they know about how women think.

        • Cletus vandamme on 26/08/2019 - 00:05
          +1

          we all know every womens dream man is a fat slob with millions.

          • [Deactivated] on 26/08/2019 - 09:29
            +1

            @Cletus vandamme:

            Fat slob with a low life expectancy with millions.

            Fixed that for you :b Gold diggers don't want their sugar daddy hanging around for too long.

            That being said, most women are not gold diggers.

            • ozbjunkie on 26/08/2019 - 12:40

              @[Deactivated]: No. Too much hard work in the big leagues.

              Better to just marry slightly upwards and get on with making babies.

  • HardlyCharly on 25/08/2019 - 13:12
    +1

    No, of course there isn't. Nothing in existence is universally attractive or sexy. Someone who would be attracted to a person's job (or money, or car, or house etc), rather than who they are, isn't worth the time of day in the first place, and the fact that those are the kind of people this guy is interested in makes him not only pathetic but probably a sex-obsessed sociopathic loser as well.

    For me, personally, my attraction is slightly enhanced if there is creativity or artistry involved in what they do. Because it's an indication of having an imagination.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 13:18
      +2

      makes him not only pathetic but probably a sex-obsessed sociopathic loser as well.

      He's 16-ish( perhaps 17). Let's be honest, we've all been there : it's all that testosterone flooding your system and turns your brains to mush.But then you grow older, become wiser and realise that there's more to life than being seen as "sexy" or "cool" by the opposite sex.

  • try2bhelpful on 25/08/2019 - 13:21
    +1

    Sounds to me like the kid was just stirring the pot.

  • TheSmegger on 25/08/2019 - 13:51
    +1

    Money talks, bullshit walks.

    Looking like Hemsworth would be an asset…

  • Melb69 on 25/08/2019 - 14:17

    Flight attendant or pilot

  • causeimbatman on 25/08/2019 - 14:25
    +1

    Gigolo

  • Save Medicare on 25/08/2019 - 15:41

    Veterinary intensivist

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 15:47

      My best mate is a vet, single and good-looking AF <- Ladies!!!

      Seriously though, being a vet is an emotionally tough gig.I read somewhere that social workers and vets had the 2 highest suicide rates of all professions.

      • mr fox on 25/08/2019 - 22:23
        +1

        Woeful pay too.

        • [Deactivated] on 26/08/2019 - 09:26

          On top of the emotional blackmail you have to deal with from irresponsible owners who don't have pet insurance and expect you to save their pooch for free and if you refuse, blame you for having to euthanise them.

  • umoddbro on 25/08/2019 - 15:52
    +3

    Hands down pilots, commercial pilots/fighter pilots.

  • Stingy on 25/08/2019 - 17:11

    Probably doesn't count for all but my physiotherapist is hot as hell. I'm so happy to have physical contact with such a handsome man.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 25/08/2019 - 19:08

    Chick Sexer is probably the coolest job title (but not job role) going around.

  • oshe on 25/08/2019 - 20:04
    +3

    chicks dig a guy in uniform

  • N82 on 25/08/2019 - 21:50
    +2

    astrophysicist… apparently :)

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 22:00
      +2

      I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time :)

      Edit: That was a Bachelor reference, wasn't it? :(

  • mr fox on 25/08/2019 - 22:23

    Dolphin trainer.

    • idonotknowwhy on 26/08/2019 - 00:17

      Been searching for this one on and off for years, thanks!

  • idonotknowwhy on 26/08/2019 - 00:17

    Fluffer

    • [Deactivated] on 26/08/2019 - 09:48
      +1

      Fluffers have been replaced by Viagra on set, I've been reliably informed by a friend of a friend of a friend who sometimes plays basketball with Manuel Jeannin. The later who, by the way, does not himself use viagra and prefers to be his own fluffer when required.

  • [Deactivated] on 26/08/2019 - 04:16
    +1

    something "cool" and that will turn him into a chick-magnet.

    Musician, guitarist … guy that sets up for the gig and carries the guitars in even, haha.
    I just bought a guitar yesterday, and noticed catching train back with it. Of course not all women, but many women, will start flirting with you and noticing you.
    It was quite clear yesterday,
    trip up >> no guitar
    Trip back >> just carrying Guitar in case, and everywhere I look seems to be women smiling and somewhat flirting , when all I want to do is get home after a long day, lunch with family and then a 5 hour return train ride to buy this 1961 maton guitar (which I got at a bargain of course).

    You should try it, borrow a mates empty guitar case. It was amusing at first, now it kind a just annoys me a little. Because they should notice me when I'm not carrying or playing guitar (2 things pretty much guaranteed to attract a fairly large proportion of females it seems).

    • trapper on 26/08/2019 - 11:56

      Why should they notice you when you are not carrying or playing the guitar?

      • [Deactivated] on 26/08/2019 - 17:17

        Why should they notice me more, just because of carrying a potentially empty guitar case ?

        • ngengerous on 27/08/2019 - 10:50
          +1

          It's a conversation starter at the very least

          • [Deactivated] on 27/08/2019 - 11:44
            +1

            @ngengerous: Yes, very true . Good conversation starter .
            Was up Byron bay recent staying at backpacker hostel, and had walk planned with 2 girls I met there.
            We had to wait for the other girl, and I felt like playing guitar for a bit before walk. I said I "I'm going to go make some music" , next she tells me she is a vocalist and asks to come make music with me, which soon progressed to sitting under the tree with my arm around her to show her how to play guitar.
            Would maybe not have even really started talking, if wasn't for guitar and music. Kind of a good ice breaker (same as conversation starter like you mention).
            Another girl there wanted to add me on FB the moment I mentioned I am a musician, funny kind of groupie where she wanted to add me FB and hear my music, and she seemed to be hoping some of the many musicians she must add, becomes famous. Lol.

            • ngengerous on 27/08/2019 - 13:47
              +1

              @[Deactivated]:

              Byron Bay

              Hahaha, that explains it… Golden stories though, Byron's definitely the gateway to endless rare experiences!

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