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The sun beat down on the skeletal structure of the high-rise under construction in downtown Atlanta.
Malik adjusted his hard hat and wiped the sweat from his brow, taking in the chaotic yet synchronized movements of the workers around him.
Fresh out of grad school, he was one of the youngest engineers on site, eager to prove himself.
But as the days passed, he realized that working in construction wasn't just about blueprints and calculations.
It was about earning the respect of the crew. And that was something the muscular, rough-handed laborers seemed to enjoy testing him on.