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Who, the cab drivers with PhD?>
>The ones I know are "Dr," but a different sort of Doctor. And yes, they clear 100K driving taxis. In some quarters it is regarded as a scandal that these people, whose education is largely publicly funded, go to the 1st world and drive taxis. ;-)
Actually, I was thinking more of the 70s ( at my age it all sort of blurs ) when there were a lot of (apparently native-born) PhDs in philosophy, Medieval French Poetry, Ancient Greek Semiotics etc driving cabs in SF.
Interesting about the 100k a year though. I have heard a taxi medallion in NYC can cost up to $250k. Compare that to our profession where you can bang down a comfortable 6 figures without ever leaving the house for an investment of less maybe 20k in hardware, software and training.
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