Can You Still Get Lucky in Your Career? (ft. Kai Ryssdal) | Best of Luck

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Kai Ryssdal is the host of Marketplace. But he was also once 34 years-old, making $7 an hour at a bookstore in Palo Alto at the height of the dot-com boom.

In the first episode of Best of Luck, Kyla Scanlon and Kai investigate the biggest turning points of his career for lessons that still apply, and discuss how to connect labor market data to your career decisions. Plus: Kai applies for a new job at Lighthouse Keeper Inc.

00:00 The economy is turning against workers
02:40 Why Kai Ryssdal joined the Navy
04:03 34 making $7
07:18 Takeaway: What do you do for free?
11:03 Can you still bounce around in the modern economy?
15:18 What labor market data means for your job
18:16 Worst & best career advice
23:25 Advice for every age group & career level
28:57 Kai applies for a new job
32:02 Luck questionnaire

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Further reading
The Age of Work by Marketplace: https://www.marketplace.org/age-of-work
The Big Money in Today’s Economy Is Going to Capital, Not Labor (WSJ): https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/capital-labor-wealth-economy-2fcf6c2f

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