That's right, you can listen for a living – and get paid $184,460 (£134.8k) on average to do it. Technically, you need to be savvier with social media than with people, as the role involves monitoring a brand’s presence across its social networks and taking notes of any comments. It's not exactly eavesdropping on conversations, but this is a great job for nosy people nonetheless.

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