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Karl Moor / Getty / Katie Martin / ... Jimmy O. Yang Spent Years Getting Ready for Crazy Rich Asians
The actor worked in finance and at a strip club before committing to comedy.
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Aran Shetterly The Upside of Career Restlessness
Margot Lee Shetterly, the author of Hidden Figures, on figuring out when to leave a job
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Andy Kropa / Invision / AP / The ... Not Everyone Can Afford a Job They Love
Why the founder of Girls Who Code stayed in a role she hated before leaving the private sector
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Steve Milller / AP / Katie Martin / ... The Wisdom of Going Back to School in Retirement
The historian Nell Painter discusses her lifelong love of art, and how it felt to finally pursue her dream after she left the workplace.
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Patrick Semansky / AP / Katie Martin / ... DeRay McKesson Talks About the Hardest Job He's Ever Had
How the activist made a career of social justice.
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Ron Harris / AP / Katie Martin / ... Life Before Coffee
Lemuel Butler, one of the world’s most celebrated baristas, had a string of odd jobs and dropped out of college before devoting himself to his craft.
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Lee Zahir / Katie Martin / The Atlantic 'I Was Aspiring to Be Like My Grandmothers'
How Paulette Jordan’s roots influenced her campaign to become the first Native American governor in the United States
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Beowulf Sheehan / Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Experiment in Irresponsibility
How the writer Leslie Jamison navigated service jobs, elite institutions, and alcoholism
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty / Katie Martin / ... 'I Don't Know How Professors Teach Without Fighter-Pilot Experience'
Missy Cummings discusses her first job, her experience as one of the first female fighter pilots, and her time as a Duke professor.
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Evan Agostini / Invision / AP / Katie ... 'I Expected to Have a Day Job for the Rest of My Life'
How Philip Glass went from driving taxis to becoming one of the most celebrated composers of our time
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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation / ... 'I Knew I Couldn’t Work Because of My Status'
How Cristina Jiménez went from doing under-the-table jobs to becoming a MacArthur Fellow and immigrants’ rights activist
