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"My previous boss said, ‘I can't pay you enough with your license - feel free to look for another job.' He even contacted some other companies that were paying better than him and he arranged interviews with them for me.

"When you finish school it's easy to find a job, because lots of companies are looking for licensed opticians. This job that I'm in now was very easy to find. I had a few offers at that time."