The glamour's gone

A new Harris Poll, as reported in today's Wall Street Journal, shows real estate agents and brokers coming in lowest on the list of prestigious occupations. 32% of people polled said agents and brokers have "hardly any prestige at all." Only 6% said the job holds "very great prestige." Also way down on the list are journalists, who were considered to have a prestigious occupation by only 16% of respondents. Sixteen percent said journalists have "hardly any prestige at all." Considering that I'm a journalist who writes about real estate brokers, I guess I'm doubly cursed....