# Jobs you had that are obsolete **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-had-that-are-obsolete/535062 "2010-04-05T19:12:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-had-that-are-obsolete/535062/101 "2010-04-12T19:41:28Z")
> [@Happy\_Booker](#): > > Door to door encyclopedia salesman. My father worked for World Book. How about you? My stepmom actually still works for Grolier/Scholastic - but she sells mostly to schools & libraries. And even that has changed drastically - she went from selling the reference sets to now having to worry about Harry Potter books. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Booker\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71c47a/32.png) [@Happy\_Booker\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Booker_1)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-had-that-are-obsolete/535062/102 "2010-04-12T19:55:27Z")
Mine was Colliers. A step below EB in authoritativeness, a step above WB in the grade level that it aimed at. And as for Americana? Well, they were in the game. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-had-that-are-obsolete/535062/103 "2010-04-12T20:09:37Z")
I remember Colliers. I pit Colliers to WB - lol. As we used to say, “it starts at a 3rd grade level, and then each paragraph after is meant to provide more and more detail on higher grade levels - so that each student and adult can progress to the level they are most comfortable/interested in.” But that’s just a lifetime of WB training. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-had-that-are-obsolete/535062.md?page=5)