A rewarding career with something ordinary: pencils.
We watched a story about it while back on CBS Sunday Morning: “The art of pencil sharpening.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50135922n
Pencil Trivia
We learned quite a few things from this. For example, it’s not “lead” but “graphite” that’s in pencils. Trivia like this can make you a big hit at the next dinner party you attend.
http://pencils.com/the-unleaded-pencil/
There’s also a book: