PayScale Salary Stories - Share Your Story

 
Here at PayScale.com, we're interested in learning more about interesting jobs and the interesting people who do them. Please take some time to share your story. We may choose to reprint your story on PayScale.com to help inform people who may be interested in the type of work you do.

Please provide detailed answers to the questions. We are only able to publish stories that include a short paragraph for each answer. The longer the answers the better!

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1. Name:
2. Email address

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3. Job Title(s):
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4. Years of Experience Doing This Type of Work:
5. Other Relevant Work Experience:
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6. Where Do You Currently Do This Work?
7. Current Employer(s):
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8. Education (school names, degrees earned, special training, etc.):
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9. Please provide a detailed description of your job duties. We want to understand everything you actually do! (200 words or more!)
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10. How did you get started doing this type of work? What motivated you to start this career? (200 words or more!)
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11. What do you love about your job? Please share a story about something that happened at work that reminded you how much you enjoy your job. (300 words or more!)
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12. What are the biggest challenges you face in your job? (300 words or more!)We want people considering a career like yours to truly understand the challenges.
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13. What advice would you give to someone trying to break into this field? (300 words or more!) What advice do you wish that you had before you started this career?
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14. What are the craziest / most amazing / most interesting things that have happened while doing this type of work? (300 words or more!)