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I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Coventry
England
UK
Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
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Alienated
Employment
Corporate
Decided
Stay
Experience
Felt

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