| As a directory
        assistance operator, I give out hundreds of telephone numbers every day.I sort of like talking to people all day. I earn around $20,000 a year.
        But I don't feel very secure 
        – a lot of operators are losing their jobs
        because of automation. Computers do everything these days. So I'm
        studying to be a computer programmer at
 night school.
 | My clients are all
        business travelers. I make plane, hotel, and car reservations for them.
        My annual salary isn't very high 
                              
                                 – 
        only $24,000 
        – but
 I like my job.
 It's pretty secure because travel
 is a growing field.
 Also, I often
        travel
 in order to learn about cities, hotels, airlines, and tours. And
        when I do, everything is free
 – 
        the plane tickets,
 the hotel rooms, etc.
 | In
        my job, I mainly work with athletes who have sports injuries. Sometimes
        the athletes are famous, not always exciting. My salary is good– 
        $38,000 a year 
        –  and I always
 have a lot of patients.
 Doctors are
 too busy to do physical therapy these days,
 and they're happy to give the
        work to specialists like us.
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