Jobs

[wapp13]

No: HPFGUIDX 108718

Hi all.  I'm the new girl on the block!  

I just read some theories about how there seems to be an 
extraordinarily disproportionate number of witches and wizards 
working for the MoM (are you all impressed that I've got the hang of 
abbreviations already?!) and I have another viewpoint on this 
subject.  

No-one seems to have mentioned this and seems to concentrate on the 
jobs within the MoM and various shopkeepers and teachers already 
indicated.  

My theory is that someone has to maintain the economy by providing 
all the other stuff not mentioned, i.e. the Daily Prophet needs 
workers - journalists (other than Rita Skeeter!), typesetters, 
editor, printers etc., and also everything that is supplied to the 
shops needs to be manufactured.  

It can't be as simple as casting a spell to conjure something up or 
no-one would have to go to shops, they'd just magic everything and 
never leave their armchairs!  Even when we are given a sight of Mrs. 
Weasley doing jobs around the house, although she does it with a wave 
of her wand she supervises the process and co-ordinates everything, 
therefore other witches and wizards may well wave their wands to 
create something but they need to be there to do it.  

Fred and George have spent hours developing their jokes and tricks 
for sale in their shop.  Other people must work in manufacturing even 
if they use house elves or something similar - there need to be 
creators of the idea and co-ordinators to pull it all together, 
delivery people to transport it not only around the country but 
around the world, traders who negotiate contracts with other 
countries and all that stuff.  

Nowhere in the books have I got the impression that witches and 
wizards just sit around waving their wand and everything is done for 
them.  It may take tricky magic to maintain the Hogwarts Express, for 
example (I personally no nothing about engines so couldn't even 
contemplate what sort of spells one might have to use to repair the 
steam engine).  Someone would have to do this job.  

And there are loads of other examples of jobs, just because they 
aren't explicitly mentioned does not mean they don't exist.  For the 
purpose of the stories it may be that the more attractive jobs have 
been outlined, or just ones that fit in with the general plot.  

Anyway, thanks for reading.

Mandy Pandy.