This is a theory that I have been plugging to people for a bunch of months now, and it has grown some momentum. I’m writing this just so it has some documentation on the internet, somewhere.

The idea is that any job that ends in man is a solid job. (Keep in mind this includes jobs ending in woman) The pay is good, and the job is fairly easy / is interesting / doesn’t suck. Man jobs, for the most part, are not held in high esteem by society.

Jobs that end in smith are also a good jobs, but certainly not as common.

Recently, the addition of General has been accepted as a good job word. If a job has General anywhere in the name (beginning, middle, end) then it is most likely a solid job. However, most General jobs are not jobs that you would just walk into. For the most part you need to be promoted from an inferior non-man-smith-general job.

As a sidenote, Lumberjacksmith is a very cool job, but the most rare of them all. A Lumberjacksmith chops wood, which he uses to fuel his forge, which he uses to smith more axes, swords, whatever he needs.

The following are imperfect lists, but should provide you with an idea of what I am talking about. If you’d like to add any, leave a comment.

Man Jobs:
Fireman
Delivery Man
Mail Man
Spokesman
Batman
Policeman
Pacman
Garbage Man
Milk Man
Salesman

Smith Jobs:
Blacksmith
Goldsmith
Aerosmith
Silversmith
Lumberjacksmith
Locksmith

General Jobs:
Attorney General
Post Master General
Surgeon General

etc