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All of us, usually on a Monday morning, have fantasised about a job other than the one we have.
But when you weigh up quitting against the ability to afford, you know, life — jumping ship suddenly doesn't seem so appealing.
So to satisfy your ~intellectual curiosity~, these 13 books will give you a good insight into what a change of career could look like — without the risk of going broke.
1. For the chefs — Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.
2. For the engineers — The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman.
3. For the writers — The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy.
4. For the teachers — What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World by Taylor Mali.
5. For the comedians — Born Standing Up by Steve Martin.
6. For the medical professional — This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay.
7. For the entrepreneur — The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau.
8. For the Jordan Belfort-wannabe — The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe.
9. For the child-rearers — We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
10. For the retail assistants, who have more patience than the rest of us — Pretending You Care: The Retail Employee Handbook by Norm Feuti.
11. For the musician — How Music Works by David Byrne.
12. For the data analyst — Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
13. And finally, for the law enforcement officers — If I Knew Then: Life Lessons From Cops on the Street by Brian Willis.
