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Careers for Night Owls & Other Insomniacs, 2nd Ed.

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Avoid this book as if it is a chronic disease. I am reviewing the 1995 edition 1st edition, but I do not see how the 2nd edition can be much better. Do you ever remember in school being asked for an assignment where you have a minumum of say 500 words for the work? Well, this book brings back the memories of my schooling, trying to hit 500 words and I am finished at 300, so I go back adding words to lengthen the work when it really only needed 300 words to get my thesis conveyed. My advice is to consult the Occupational Outlook Handbook at your local library, it is dry but it gives better statistics and info. This work suggested no night careers I would be interested in, the interviews are not useful and this book could really be conveyed in much less space if all the filler and obvious information meant to fill space was cut out, I cannot help but speculate this author had a page limit imposed by her publisher!

This book proved particularly helpful to me. It pointed out professions suitable to night owls, and reinforced my commitment to my career as an accountant. The author appears to understand that many people are naturally oriented toward nocturnal lifestyles.