In eighth grade, my class attended a career fair. A longtime radio newscaster here summed up the radio business in his inimitable baritone.
"Come back in 10 years, and take my job away from me," he told us.
No one in our class replaced the newscaster. In fact, he had an unusually long stint at one radio station that lasted decades. If almost any other radio announcer had told an eighth grader (s)he'd be his successor in 10 years, however, that announcer would likely sound bitter, jaded--and prescient.
