WASHINGTON—D.C. is a job hub. We walked around the city finding people who work in D.C. and asked them about their jobs. From prosecutors to cyber security specialists, we got to see the lives and jobs of workers in the nation’s capital. We even ran into a Hi’s Eye alumna in a crowded Starbucks.

Eric Wegner

Where are you from? 

“I am from Massapequa, NY.”

What does an average day consist of for you? 

“I work on cyber security public policy. On an average day I have meetings with either government officials or people from other companies or inside my company and we talk about the laws, policies and regulations of cyber security.”

What is it like having this type of job in today’s world?

“The reason I like working on cyber security is because the technology is always going to change faster than the policy base, so you’re constantly wrestling with puzzles and there is no real answer. My favorite part is learning about new things that I haven’t dealt with before. I am not a technologist by training, so I enjoy talking to people who are developing new technology.”

Sarah Queller

Where are you from?

“I am from Westfield, NJ. I was even a tri-editor for Hi’s Eye in 2006!”

Where do you work? What do you do in D.C.?

“I am in a master’s program here at [George Washington University] in forensic psychology. I extern at the pretrial services agency in the treatment unit, so I work with a psychologist.”

What does an average day consist of for you?

On the days that I have pretrial, like today, I get here around 8:30 and we do three hours or so of group therapy in the morning in a dual diagnosis group, which would be four defendants. It is people with criminal charges who have dual diagnosis of substance abuse disorder or serious mental illnesses. And then in the afternoon we do individual therapy with anyone who is a defendant in the agency who has been referred to treatment.”