Carter is a firefighter living and working in NC. She talks about why firefighting was the perfect antidote to her former desk job at IBM, the roller coaster of extremes between the banal and the heart-pumping, and the risks and rewards of saving lives for a living.Producer: Robin LandyVisit @90000hrspod on InstagramEmail: ninetythousandhourspod@gmail.comIntro: &#34;Crossing the Line&#34; - Eric Andrew KuhnUnderscore: &#34;Stars&#34; - Eric Andrew Kuhn&#34;Smoke Rainbow,&#34; &#34;Holding the Night&#39;s Attention,&#34; &#34;Language Lessons,&#34; - Identical Homeshttps://www.ericandrewkuhn.comhttps://identicalhomes.bandcamp.com Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/90-000-hours/donations'>https://redcircle.com/90-000-hours/donations</a>

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90,000 Hours is a podcast exploring how people really feel about what they do. Loosely inspired by Studs Terkel&#39;s seminal 1974 book &#34;Working,&#34; 90,000 Hours peers into a diverse cross section of working lives to reveal how most jobs differ from what you&#39;d imagine; the complexities lurking in the day-to-day; and ultimately, the unexpected ways that work unites us in the human experience.Beautifully paced and edited into a first person narrative style with musical textures, this &#34;podcast about working&#34; ends up being about more than just work, including common themes such as separation of self-worth from our occupations, labor politics, imposter syndrome, and so much more. 