{"id":1679,"date":"2007-09-28T10:21:07","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T15:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-most-depressing-job-ever\/"},"modified":"2007-09-28T10:21:07","modified_gmt":"2007-09-28T15:21:07","slug":"the-most-depressing-job-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-most-depressing-job-ever","title":{"rendered":"The most depressing job ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the features in the October ish of my magazine is an interview with Dr. Robert Maguire, chief of operations for Wyeth’s R&D efforts. I finished laying out the section this morning, because I was waiting for the company to send over Dr. Maguire’s bio.<\/p>\n

For any of you who think your job is a downer, Dr. Maguire’s first career should shut you up. Prior to working in the pharma industry, he was trained as a pediatric oncologist<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Try to imagine your spouse\/partner working in that field, and then try to imagine asking, “How was work today?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the features in the October ish of my magazine is an interview with Dr. Robert Maguire, chief of operations for Wyeth’s R&D efforts. I finished laying out the section this morning, because I was waiting for the company to send over Dr. Maguire’s bio. For any of you who think your job is … <\/p>\n

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