Articles Tagged with #jobs
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Portraits by Other Means
Work, Work, Work, Die
Ron Akana, longest-serving flight attendant Yes, Mr. Akana has worked as a flight attendant for 63 years, clocking some 20 million miles along the way, the equivalent of circling the globe about 800...
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Portraits by Other Means
Our Previous Careers
Nicholson Baker By then Baker already had notions of becoming a writer, even though one of his teachers put this comment on a story he turned in: “This, to...
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The Golem Blog
What Mad Pursuit
After his odd job draws to a close, the Golem, still on protection duty, realizes a new task lies ahead.
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How To
Tricks of the Trade
For every occupation, there is a catalog of secrets only its employees know—such as how waiters with heavy platters know to look straight ahead, and never down. Armed with a bag of reader mail, we unfurl a whole lot more true insider knowledge.