Ryan Fox (pictured) is good with his hands. In September, he opened Tick Tock Time Repair in Spokane Valley. But the path he took to launching his own watch and clock repair business wasn’t exactly a straight line. Though homeschooled in junior high and high school, he joined the Destination Imagination Science Club at Central Valley High School where he discovered his mechanical aptitude. His team built a miniature roller coaster using mechanics and pneumatics. They won first place in the state competition in 1999. Fox attended Spokane Falls Community College and studied American Sign Language, graduating from the Interpreter Training Program. “I liked using my hands and everything else other than spoken language to communicate,” he said. He accepted a job as an interpreter for the Central Valley School District. But he wasn’t sure he’d made the right career choice/Cindy Hval, SR. More here. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)

Question: How many times have you changed careers?