While inspecting a fire-damaged office building, you make a misstep and fall through a weak part of the floor. Game over.

Your whack-a-do work schedule bugs the heck out of your needy boyfriend. He breaks up with you to date a nail technician at a local salon.

You're assigned to handle claims along the Gulf Coast in the wake of a Category 4 hurricane. You spend several weeks talking to people who've lost everything. You start self-medicating with Jelly Bellies and cheesy teenage dramas streaming on Netflix.

The insurance company you work for adopts a variety of technological innovations in your department. You're experienced enough that you don't have to worry about your job. All your friends who are newbie claims adjusters, however, get kicked to the curb.

After two decades working as a claims adjuster at an insurance company, you strike out on your own as a public adjuster. With your knowledge of the insurance industry and determination, you make bank when you take on the insurance companies on behalf of your clients.