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blogospheroid comments on Science, Engineering, and Uncoolness; Here and Now, Then and There - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: blogospheroid 09 December 2012 05:36:15AM 2 points [-]

Engineers, doctors and technocrats have high status in the eyes of middle class India, but actual scientists, not very high, but definitely not low status. Mainly it is due to them being relatively high paying careers.

Among the middle class, a steady high paying job has higher status than a risky business. The business castes in India have almost their own parallel status hierarchy.