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   RM> Possibly I misspoke.. From my own experience trying out several   
   RM> different occupations through my working life I never thought of   
   RM> any of them as a career, just a paycheque as long as I didn't hate   
   RM> working there too much. To my way of thinking a career is more that   
   RM> you are trained to do just one thing and expect to do it for life   
   RM> and may be in serious trouble if that occupation becomes obsolete.   
      
   DW>For most of us, our careers evolve over time.   
      
   This is true, but in a lot of cases, you are doing just a basic   
   job and there's nowhere to go from there. You do it well and you   
   keep the job but if that job is suddenly replaced by some AI Bot   
   you may find your training to now be worthless.   
      
   DW>I knew I wanted to go into computers at 13 and worked toward that.  But   
     >computers in what?  I've bopped from warehousing systems, to engine control   
     >systems, to medical systems.   
      
   That's training in the use of a tool that can be used in many places   
   though so you'd have options to move to another employer easily.   
      
   DW>Heck, if things go the way I think, I may end up teaching before I retire.   
      
   Ha.. I was once offered the chance to teach computers as well. By that   
   point I wasn't looking for a 'regular' job anymore so I didn't get   
   involved. I probably could have gotten the position since it was my   
   sister who offered it to me, and she was a former teacher and now   
   the head of the teacher's union..    Friends in low places..   B)   
      
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