In celebration of the men whom have helped shape my life and how I view the world of work, I wanted to write about how fathers shape our view of careers. I have been one of the fortunate people in the world to not only have been influenced by a father, but also two grandfathers. One lesson from both of my grandfathers, was to work regardless of the cards you have been dealt in life. To say my mother’s father was born into poverty and as a teenager had to leave school at the conclusion of the eighth grade and enter the world of work. It was no longer feasible for my mother’s father to afford to attend school and to not work and support his family. He was an intelligent man that found himself a young adult during the Great Depression. As a young married man with a family, he worked two jobs and did so through most of my mother’s childhood. He worked as an office clerk during the day and in the United States Post Office at night. I did not know him during his working life, but I di...