So ... it’s that time again — for an annual story time.
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Eight years ago tonight, I arrived in DC.pic.twitter.com/xbYkDnbgTI
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I showed up with borrowed money, on a flight bought by a friend, to stay with friends in their spare room. Oh, and I had no job.
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I had been a practicing lawyer, & I was blogging at Law Dork—the blog I started in law school and had restarted in early 2009—but that’s it.
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So, that next morning, I did what I do. ... I was applying for jobs, writing, and trying to figure out what my ~new life~ would be.pic.twitter.com/SsL2r5XHsT
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Then, I found out what I'd be doing on the next day:pic.twitter.com/7qenpk3Ey8
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Here is what I wrote that second day in DC: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/10/-the-legacy-of-a-legacy/29254/ … ... I didn't know it then, but I knew it then. I'd become a journalist.
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My bio from the article that day makes me chuckle — and remember how much I have to thank the early blogosphere for my career today:pic.twitter.com/accUKRd3Kg
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Within a month, I met
@seanbugg and@RandyShulman ... and they gave me freelance work at@metroweekly. Within months, that became my job.2 replies 1 retweet 16 likesShow this thread -
You were going to be a star regardless, but I’m still really proud to have been a part of your path.
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