About five years ago, I had a funny experience during aseries of job interviews in Philadelphia.
Theorganization doing the hiring was a large, prestigious non-profit, and althoughthe position in question represented apotential change from my usual area of professional endeavor, I was veryinterested even though the salary was modest.
Finally, I was ushered in to meet the General Counsel, a womanwith a lot of presence who simultaneously gave an impression ofaccomplishment, joy and melancholy.
We had a good discussion about the position, the organization and bothour careers and backgrounds. She had been a nurse before going to lawschool which, given her field of legal specialty, was a valuablequalification in terms of both the analytical and affective components of herjob.
It was anawkward and unsettling moment. From the instant I met her, I had wondered whether she was an alcoholic.
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