The only reason I know it is because of sci fi writer Harlan Elison using the alias Cordwainer Bird on works of his he disliked beig changed against his will.
Which reminded me, that when actor Daniel Day-Lewis took his first sabbatical from acting (from 1997-2000), he apparently spent eight months as an apprentice shoemaker, under the Italian shoemaker Stefano Bemer.
(which was mentioned in the post right above the one you referenced)
I clearly failed my Perception check. 
Luthiers make stringed instruments, not just lutes. The luthiers I know make violins.
It was specifically the lute that she wanted to learn to build, because she had played one for many years.
A coworker had to change doctors because her previous PCP became a commercial pilot.
He applied for a job at Hollywood Video. He had to do a computer application in store. It was a bunch of questions with the answer format: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree. One of the questions was “I can imagine a reason to take money from the cash register”. As he explained to me, “I have a good imagination, and yeah, I can imagine a reason to take money from the cash register. What if we’re being robbed?” Turns out there is really only one acceptable answer to that question…
He is still the maintenance manager of a golf course.
I could tell stories about this guy all day. He definitely has the ability to make his life harder than it needs to be. Always makes me feel better about the choices I have made.
I remember a story from my area about a physician who became a long-haul trucker. IIRC, she had put herself through medical school doing that during school breaks - at a time when there weren’t that many female physicians, never mind female truckers - and if she was in a state where she was licensed, she was more than happy to examine her fellow truckers and treat their usually-minor ailments if she could, again IIRC taking her payment in cash if they had it.
During the 1980s and 1990s the Levi Strauss company released a continuous flow of highly regarded cinema and TV adverts for their 501 jeans. Often featuring a classic music track such as Heard It Through The Grapevine and Another Piece Of My Heart.
For the 1994 advert which became known as Creek they got a professional musician called Peter Lawlor to create original music and he combined some female choral with the then very contemporary Grunge guitar:
The advert was so popular that people were asking about the music. To satisfy demand Lawlor extended the music and wrote lyrics making a full length single from it which he called Inside and created a band including singer Ray Wilson (later to sing with Genesis) he called Stiltskin which then had a UK Number 1 hit with it.
Lawlor soon left Stiltskin, who continued with Wilson but never had another big hit, and he continued making pieces of music for TV shows. But he had a side gig as an economist working in the City of London and academia before becoming Principal Economic Adviser at the German Stock Exchange.
Let’s face it. Being lead guitarist in a rock band pays the bills and all that but who hasn’t dreamt of jacking it in and becoming an Economic Advisor at the Deutsche Börse?
TCMF-2L
One of my cousins married a lawyer. Soon afterwards my new cousin-in-law decided she didn’t want to be a lawyer any more and wanted to be an early childhood educator instead. She now runs a preschool.
A friend of mine was/is
- Technical theatre (stage manager, lighting, construction,etc)
- Software development
- Lutheran minister
Brian
My daughter’s Montessori preschool had a very part time Spanish teacher who was a parent attorney. This was 10+ years ago. She was very disenchanted with law.
Now she is the owner of a K-8 Spanish immersion school. Technically it is a nonprofit and she’s the Director but if you look at the financial filings it looks like she takes home all of the excess of revenues over costs as salaries and bonuses.
Was this mean to be “patent attorney”?
Was this meant to be “meant to be”?
Yes. She was a chemical engineer, then patent attorney, then preschool owner and now school director.
Spelling errors on posts about spelling errors are an important feature of this board. 
How many times did you proofread this post? I can tell you I proofread this one a bunch. 
Do you like this person? If you do, let it go.
If you don’t, consider turning them in to the IRS. If the IRS determines that this person is violating tax laws and collects back taxes plus a penalty, you will receive a reward.
Even if you dislike this person, you still might find it distasteful to rat them out.
Do you know a tax attorney or accountant? (I am neither.) If so, before you do anything drastic, consider presenting this scenario to them as a “hypothetical” making sure not to identify the individual or school.
Hence the common veterinary term “DSTO”: “Dog Smarter Than Owner”.
No joke, it’s often true.