10. Investment Banker – Parents who don’t get it: 43%
How to explain it to your mom: You match up people who have money with people who need it, by helping companies issue bonds and equity shares and helping companies buy other companies.
9. Sports Team Manager –Parents who don’t get it: 43%
How to explain it to your mom: You make sure your team wins, by managing coaches and athletes, overseeing practices, and making play decisions during the game.
8. Public Relations Manager –Parents who don’t get it: 50%
How to explain it to your mom: You make your clients look good by coordinating interviews and providing information about them to the media.
7. Radio Producer –Parents who don’t get it: 51%
How to explain it to your mom: You oversee a radio show, or a regular segment on one, by choosing music, booking guests, and patching callers through.
6. Sociologist –Parents who don’t get it: 52%
How to explain it to your mom: You learn about people’s beliefs and behaviors by conducting and analyzing surveys and interviews.
5. Copy Editor (or Sub Editor) –Parents who don’t get it: 59%
How to explain it to your mom: You make sure any story that goes into print or on the web is readable and grammatically correct, and help out with headlines and photos.
4. Social-Media Manager – Parents who don’t get it: 61%
How to explain it to your mom: You use social-media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to communicate with the world on behalf of your company.
3. Data Scientist – Parents who don’t get it: 62%
How to explain it to your mom: You analyze information collected from across a business and identify patterns that would help its leaders make better decisions.
2. Actuary – Parents who don’t get it: 72%
How to explain it to your mom: You use statistics to figure out how risky someone’s past behavior makes them and estimate the cost to insure them.
1. User-Interface Designer –Parents who don’t get it: 74%
How to explain it to your mom: You help design the parts of a website or software application that people interact with, such as the button people click on to buy something.