| — |  | AstronautEighteen months of training for eight days up there | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Marine BiologistAn office that is mostly ocean | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Game DesignerGetting paid to argue about what is fun | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | ChefSixty hours a week and you still love it | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Travel WriterSomeone else pays for the flight | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Wildlife PhotographerFour days in a hide for one frame | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | ArchitectDrawing something that actually gets built | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | PilotThe best view in the world, every shift | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | NovelistTotal creative freedom and no income | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | SurgeonHands that have to be steady on the worst day | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Voice ActorA hundred characters, one soundproof room | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | WinemakerOne harvest a year to get it right | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Park RangerThe commute is a mountain | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Sound EngineerEveryone notices only when it goes wrong | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | DiplomatA new country every three years | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Lighthouse KeeperNobody to talk to and nothing to prove | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | VolcanologistFieldwork with a countdown attached | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Storm ChaserDriving toward what everyone else flees | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Submarine PilotDeep water, small window, big animals | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | ArchaeologistTrowels, dirt, and occasional history | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | PerfumerA career built entirely on memory | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | CartographerDrawing the world at a chosen scale | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | LuthierBuilding instruments one at a time | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | AnimatorTwenty four decisions per second | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Storyboard ArtistDrawing the film before it exists | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | ZookeeperEarly mornings and very specific diets | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | BeekeeperA farm that flies itself home | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | CheesemakerMilk, time, and a cold cellar | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Mountain GuideAn office with a summit in it | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | Ship CaptainWeeks at sea and total responsibility | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | ConservatorCleaning centuries off a painting | — win | — match wins |
| — |  | SeismologistReading the planet's pulse | — win | — match wins |