A recent poll by YouGuv, intended to determine the most desired professions for Britons, suggests a strong interest in expanding the ranks of authors and academics. Though common conception holds these groups to be prone to an embattled posture, forever defending an endangered tradition of bookishness, it seems that writers still hold a position of respect in the public imagination. With librarians coming in a close second to authors, the report indicates a population that prefers professions of quiet prestige to those of glamour (or, indeed, of economic stability).
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