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Lenny Cavallaro's avatar

Many of us have had crappy jobs. Don't laugh, but I was (briefly) a "tin man" (someone who sold aluminum siding). Years later, in my late 30s (and post doctorate), I was a temporary typist earning $6.50/hour, 20 hours per week. Fortunately, those days are behind me...

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John Mendelssohn's avatar

Indeed. There I was at 37, having once been the King of LA, doing word processing for San Francisco’s biggest (and most horrid) law firm, which was mostly in the business of defending Chevron Oil from environmental suits. Oh, I just felt ever so good about that!

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