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Joshua Persky on Failure

By Jay Dixit on July 2, 2009 in Brainstorm

When Joshua Persky was fired from an investment bank at the nadir of the economic crisis, he spent months looking for a job. His lowest moment, he says, was watching his wife cry as she left New York with their kids to move back to Omaha to save money. Read More

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Jay Dixit

Jay Dixit is a science writer based in New York.

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