That's a sweet job description.
everyone that try it loves it!
Bum is sort of like "businessman"; there are lots of different classes of bums.
I think the "hobo" type bum is near the top of the food chain, just underneath the type of bum which organizes and controls many other bums.
I think it goes hobo, drifter, then bum.
"Hobo" is nice because I think the word itself has the lease negative connotations.
Hobos are just free spirited scamps who love to ride the rails.