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Rebecca Clarke Being an Investment Banker, Far Away From Wall Street
Brad Eichler, an executive at a Little Rock, Arkansas-based firm, talks about what hard work means to him when he’s traveling more than 100 days a year.
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Rebecca Clarke From Waitress to State Representative
Rhode Island's Moira Walsh thinks of herself not as a politician but “a waitress who happened to get pissed off enough to take a crack at it.”
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Rebecca Clarke How to Get Fair Treatment for LGBT Defendants
Francis Nichols, a pretrial-service officer in Washington D.C., talks about trying to get assistance to people in the justice system, especially those who aren’t straight.
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Rebecca Clarke Why Architecture Is a Career for 'the Young and Childless'
Julie Engstrom, a designer in Cleveland, Ohio, talks about why her field is such a challenge for people with kids.
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Rebecca Clarke How a Sculptor Adapted to Today's Economy
"I found myself unemployed five years ago for the first time in my life. That was unsettling, but it was not undoing."
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Rebecca Clarke Watching the Army Evolve Over 15 Years
Sergeant First Class Patricia Robert talks about how an “impulse decision” to enlist in her mid-20s has, unexpectedly, served her well.
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Rebecca Clarke Living in a College Town, and Not Attending School
Caroline Held, a manager at a McDonald’s in Ames, Iowa, talks about taking a job in food service while many of her peers pursued higher education.
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Rebecca Clarke The Work Before the Big Break
Annie Truex, an actress in Los Angeles, talks about the obstacles women face in the audition process and how to stay motivated after constant rejections.
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Rebecca Clarke What It’s Like to Work as an Exotic Dancer
Liza, a dancer based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, talks about how the stereotypes about her profession affect how she’s treated by clientele.
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Rebecca Clarke The Burnout of Balancing the Books
Sharron Cirillo, a public accountant in Middletown, Delaware, talks about the rewards and challenges of work in America.
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Rebecca Clarke Administering the SAT for 53 Years
Robert Rorison, a retired history teacher and exam proctor, talks about what it took to make sure his students didn’t cheat.
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Rebecca Clarke What a Bartender Wants to Drink
Something simple, says Juyoung Kang, the lead mixologist at Emeril Lagasse's Delmonico Steakhouse.
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Rebecca Clarke What a Pizza Delivery Driver Sees
Angela Nguyen talks about how her job at Domino’s in Ham Lake, Minnesota, has shown her the inner life of her community.
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Rebecca Clarke 'Let Us Give Our Families the Care We Give Your Families'
Vickie Miller, a home-care worker in Greenville, South Carolina, says her profession deserves higher pay and better benefits.
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Rebecca Clarke Watching Tattoos Go From Rebellious to Mainstream
Michelle Myles, a tattoo artist in New York City, talks about how attitudes toward body art have changed over her 25-year career.
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Rebecca Clarke From Economist in Peru, to Janitor in America
Ciro Gutierrez, a cleaner at the University of Connecticut, talks about the struggle of white-collar immigrants who come to the U.S. but to work in blue-collar jobs.
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Rebecca Clarke A Mechanic Faces the Age of the Self-Driving Car
Joe Sevart, an auto technician turned business owner in Kansas City, Missouri, talks about the future of servicing more advanced vehicles.
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Rebecca Clarke An Illustrator Who Balances Art and Medicine
Meredith Osborn, a medical illustrator in Columbus, Ohio, talks about being both an artist and a scientist, and the respect society has for each of those roles.
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Rebecca Clarke What Drives a Driver
Gregg Katz, a taxi driver in Olathe, Kansas, talks about how he’s resisted the pull of ride-share apps like Uber and Lyft and why he think taxis are safer.
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Rebecca Clarke The Job of Staying Home
Terry Spraitz Ciszek, a homemaker in Fayetteville, North Carolina, talks about changing perceptions of women in the traditional economy and those who choose to leave their careers to raise a family.
