You:
- Can't go to school for it.
- Take no test for it.
- Have no formal training.
- Celebrate no graduation.
- Can't achieve an advanced degree.
- Are never prepared for it.
- Have no employer, but plenty of bosses.
- Generally don't apply for it.
- Sometimes get it by default.
- Have no job description, yet it constantly changes.
- Log long hours.
- Accumulate no vacation time or comp time.
- Don't get promoted.
- Don't get paid.
- Don't get a raise.
- Can't be fired or apply for a transfer.
- Attempt to use age old skills for high tech problems of endless variety and complexity.
- Have no retirement or pension plan.
- Can't quit [though some people run away].
- Can do it as a partnership but not as a company.
- Have unthinkable huge responsibility [life and death implications], yet the entity for which you're responsible doesn't come with an owner's manual.
- Eventually realize that the rewards are immeasurable.
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