[CAUT] Best (and Worst) Jobs?

[Mccoy, Alan]

I was just going to mention Stud's book. It was definitely one of my influences to seek out this profession. I did not come to this from any of the typical places, like father, or uncle, or musician background, or woodworking. It just popped into my head one day sometime after reading Working had planted that seed in my head, that maybe I could be a "piano tuner."

So 30 years later and a long learning curve.......still climbing.

Alan

-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
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From: Diane Hofstetter <dianepianotuner at msn.com>
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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:04:13 -0800
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>There was a time that piano tuners and sculptors had the most job>satisfaction. I don't know where I heard that...maybe that has>something to do with rock solid tuning... David Ilvedson, RPTPacifica,>CA 94044

;-)

There was a great book by a journalist, Studs Terkel, called _Working_ . He travelled the country, interviewing people about their job satisfaction and employers about how they treated their employees. Interesting how differently the two parties looked at the same situation.

I only remember two people who liked their jobs in that book:a waitress and a piano tuner. Lucky me, I've been both--and have liked both.

Diane Hofstetter

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