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now that I’m getting into speaking, I’m having a great time at that
too, and I get along great with the people, so I’m happy on this
path too.
It seems that different kinds of careers attract different kinds of
people, and some industries seem to attract more jerks than
others. You don’t have to work in a slaughterhouse (which
reportedly has the highest turnover rate for any kind of job), but
you don’t have to work in a tech sweathouse either. You might
think that dealing with a difficult boss is a “have to,” but it isn’t.
You can’t control everything, but in most cases you have enough
control over your life to avoid having to deal with such people.
Just because everyone else around you tolerates an abusive boss
doesn’t mean you have to.

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