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If you love science, love to travel,

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and want to make a difference in thousands of people's lives,

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being a CRA just might be for you.

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I am Nick Burger.

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And this is a day in the life of the CRA I.

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So my day usually starts the day before

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when I go to the airport,

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board my flight, and fly to the town that I'm going to go to,

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to do my visit.

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Next day I wake up, get a good breakfast,

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and then get on the road to go to the site.

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I meet with the research coordinator at the site

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and the PI, and then start my day,

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which usually involves SDV, SDR looking over IP.

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And then making sure that I tour the site

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to make sure everything's in order.

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And then I usually finish the day talking to the PI.

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I finished my day by going back to the hotel,

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getting a good dinner, answering a few emails,

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and then just kind of enjoying my evening before

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flying back the next day.

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So I'm usually on the west coast,

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flying back to the Midwest in Chicago.

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This job requires a lot of self discipline,

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but it also allows a lot of freedom and a lot of rewarding work.

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If you're like me, if you do start in this position,

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you're going to be looking at the airplane window,

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looking at the clouds,

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going to a new city and thinking, wow, this really is my job!

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Really glad I got the opportunity to make this video.

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I hope you enjoyed it and I shall see you in the clouds.