You know, it would be interesting to see just how long the contributors & readers of SOT have been in the business.  I am not sure if there would be a prize involved, probably just "condolences". 
I really hate to admit, but I am in my 38th year in the title industry.  Of course I started when I was 2 years old  I started out as "an examiners helper"  which means I gathered copies of documents that the examiners need to look at.  Made copies off micro-fiche using one of those nasty view/print machines that had this solution that the paper went through to make the copies (remember those).  I have done a little of everything since then, but my heart has always been in searching/abstracting/examining. 

Wanda Steudel
AccuSearch Co