{"601123":{"#nid":"601123","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"What It\u2019s Like to Walk Away From a Job at Google to Pursue a Career in Stand-Up Comedy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESarah Cooper, alumna of the Digital Media graduate program at Georgia Institute of Technology, was the subject of the \u003Cem\u003EBusiness Insider\u003C\/em\u003E, January 10, article, \u0026ldquo;What It\u0026rsquo;s Like to Walk Away From a Job at Google to Pursue a Career in Stand-Up Comedy.\u0026rdquo; The Digital Media graduate program is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThree years ago, Sarah Cooper made an unusual career move. The Georgia Tech graduate had spent the past eight years working in user experience (UX) design at tech companies including Yahoo and Google, but now she was giving up her coveted career in tech to pursue her passion: comedy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECooper recently chatted about her decision to quit Google with journalist Kara Swisher and former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo \u0026mdash; who once pursued a career in standup comedy himself \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.recode.net\/2018\/1\/10\/16871786\/sarah-cooper-comedian-google-dick-costolo-kara-swisher-recode-decode-podcast\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eon Recode\u0026#39;s latest Recode Decode podcast.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/comedian-sarah-cooper-leaving-google-for-stand-up-recode-decode-2018-1-1012838323\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBusiness Insider\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2018-01-22 15:41:24","changed_gmt":"2018-01-29 16:39:54","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"LZRD sleeve","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/comedian-sarah-cooper-leaving-google-for-stand-up-recode-decode-2018-1-1012838323","dateline":{"date":"2018-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"601124":{"id":"601124","type":"image","title":"Sarah Cooper Stand-Up Comedy ","body":null,"created":"1516635855","gmt_created":"2018-01-22 15:44:15","changed":"1516635855","gmt_changed":"2018-01-22 15:44:15","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229109","name":"Sarah Cooper Alumna DM Graduate Program Stand Up Comedy (Original) .png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sarah%20Cooper%20Alumna%20DM%20Graduate%20Program%20Stand%20Up%20Comedy%20%28Original%29%20.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sarah%20Cooper%20Alumna%20DM%20Graduate%20Program%20Stand%20Up%20Comedy%20%28Original%29%20.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1365810,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Sarah%20Cooper%20Alumna%20DM%20Graduate%20Program%20Stand%20Up%20Comedy%20%28Original%29%20.png?itok=cz8LXVDA"}}},"media_ids":["601124"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4086","name":"comedy"},{"id":"8860","name":"yahoo"},{"id":"3165","name":"google"},{"id":"176830","name":"passion"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}