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Favorite interview:

Software engineer.

This one is my favorite interview not so much due to the job, but how he compared the differences between the working lifestyle in his homeland versus America. When he was working in his homeland, he seems to spend most of his time relaxing and his job does not seem like a rush or stressful one. However, working in America, every hour counts, and the job is much more stressful and rush. Often times, we seem to be consumed by work and the majority of our time spent is working. People work to made a living to live a better life but often time to do so, they have to give up a lot of things due to work. Like the case of the crime scene cleaner (pg.80), he lost his marriage life due to the job and nonetheless he doesn’t think it’s a lost. This reflects the life of Americans versus people from underdeveloped counties. Americans, leisure time is sometime that is rare for working people. However, in Vietnam for example, working time and leisure time sometime are mixed. Street venders while selling fruits on the street spend most of their time talking and catching up with their neighbors. Businesses have shops in their own home which allow them to rest whenever they feel like it. They have time to cook and eat with their family, compared to packed lunch in America. Yet, leisure time in America is often only vacation that you take two weeks per year or on occasional holidays. Living in America for ten years, I often got caught up with the busy life due to school and volunteer work that I forget to make time for family.  This interview allows me the reflect on the lifestyle and make me think how I want to live or work later in the future. To be financially successful is important but quality time for family is also the important quality of life.