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Part 4: "A recovery? Ha ha"
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Karsten Smelser made a big switch about a year ago, when he left the technology sector to be the second man in a two-man machining operation. Smelser says the move was out of necessity: "I don't think there's a recovery for Average Joe worker." (MPR Photo/Jeff Horwich)

Karsten Smelser made a big switch about a year ago, when he left the technology sector to be the second man in a two-man machining operation. Smelser says the move was out of necessity: "I don't think there's a recovery for Average Joe worker."

(MPR Photo/Jeff Horwich)
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