Some professions (e.g. finance, insurance) tend to draw psychopaths into their ranks but are not inherently psychopathic and have little or no tendency to become psychopathic.. Other professions (e.g. academia, show-business, politics) not only draw psychopaths into their ranks, but are either inherently psychopathic or inherently disposed to become psychopathic. In this short paper, it is explained why this is so.