Oh, hipsters; you thrift store loving, American beer drinking, permanent look of disdain having folks are such an interesting slice of society. There are very few popular professions that really suit the temperament of a hipster; jobs that involve being nice to people, waking up before noon, wearing a uniform, and/or using the art history degree they toiled away at are all strictly unsuitable for the modern hipster. That said, you have to wonder: what are the best jobs for hipsters?
Think criticism, think alcohol, think endless opportunities to talk about yourself and you will start to conceive of jobs hipsters have. From art in its many forms to anything that involves speaking derisively about something another person has put effort into, the many professions of hipsters put to use the few likes (and myriad dislikes) of the hipster mentality. Here, in one sure-to-be-dismissed-by-hipsters list, are all the jobs hipsters like (so much as they can like something that other people already like).
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Thrift Store Clerk
First access to bags of second-hand clothing as far as the eye can see?? How do ALL hipsters not already have this job?
Artist
If you're going to sit around and leech off of your parents or your trust fund, you have to do something that could potentially count as a job (or at least a money-making avenue) and there are SO many things that can be called "art", you're bound to come up with something passable.
Movie Critic
This is the perfect opportunity for hipsters to tell people they understand a movie you didn't, or hated something you love, or just devote a whole column to saying things loosely related to the movie that don't actually give a critique of the film.
Music Critic
Hipsters love to talk about music you haven't heard of, so this is a tough one for hipsters to commit to. On the one hand, you get to give your opinion- good or bad- on a band you've discovered (before anyone else) to anyone who will listen. On the other, once you've told people about this band, you obviously can't be into them anymore because hipsters only like things other people don't know about or don't like.
Mixologist
Listen, hipsters are not simply bartenders, they are craftsmen of drinks. Any schlub can throw cucumber in a drink and call it a cocktail, but "mixologists" add things like lavender and aperol (no idea what that is) to their creations with reckless abandon or concern about taste.
Blogger
Hipsters detest contact with other people and love talking about themselves, so this job- which can be completed at home or on the sidewalk in front of some coffee shop so that people know they're blogging- is a perfect fit.
Craft Beer Brewer
What better way to drink a beer before anyone else has than to brew it yourself?
Actor
People already think most actors are a-holes, so it makes sense that hipsters would flock to a profession where there can be weird 24/7.
Professional Student
If you never graduate (or graduate enough times), you never have to get a job and become beholden to "the man" and his corporate agenda.
Clothing Designer
Not all hipsters have the patience to dig through the Goodwill bins (or deal with the people that shop there based on need rather than fashion), so there has to be someone to design the barely there, chevron-festooned garb that will eventually hang on the sale rack at Urban Outfitters.