1.   Both groups of students were starting their careers at City College, and both were starting at rock bottom.

2.   He started his career as a humble peanut farmer.

3.   She started her career as an extra in TV soap operas.

4.   There she started her career as a wildlife artist.

5.   He started his career in St Petersburg - or Leningrad as it then was.

6.   He started his career in show business by playing the saxophone and singing.

7.   Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean.

8.   The rumor is that he started his career shaking people down as an enforcer for the mob.