Max Klymenko's ladder guest makes art for the ballet

Lily Maggs brings genuine ladder experience to Career Ladder, in a guessing game that has passed a million views.

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Why this story? The channel passed the 1,000,000 views mark.

She has a WEIRD job on a ladder 🤯 Ep. 696 🪜

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What happens when Max Klymenko meets someone who spends her working day up a ladder too? He invites her onto his, naturally. Their matching striped trousers help start the conversation, but Lily Maggs's occupation proves much harder to pin down.

The Career Ladder episode has reached roughly 1.2 million views. Its premise has an unusually literal connection to the guest: Lily makes art with her hands, works around famous people and helps create something for an audience that dresses up to attend. She doesn't perform, though, and her work usually isn't filmed.

Max edges towards the right world with questions about movie sets, but ends up guessing an art exhibition. After the timer expires, Lily supplies the answer: she's a scenic art apprentice for the Royal Ballet & Opera.

The route into that work is almost as much of a talking point as the reveal. Lily says she discovered the course through TikTok. Viewers discuss whether they would ever think to look there for a job, while others compare their own theatre-related guesses with Max's.

Her statement that "You're not allowed a degree for what I do" also prompts questions about the entry requirements. For a host whose channel introduction lists four university degrees, it's a particularly memorable clue.

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What viewers say

My guess was really close. I was thinking that she was a set designer for theatre.
@Mike_CarnesSee it on YouTube
I'm just sad that I would love to have this job, but TikTok would be the last place I'd look.
@peter_linocb97See it on YouTube
That is a crazy coincidence that both Max and Lily are wearing the same trousers.
@cadebecker2486See it on YouTube

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i love her fashion sense so much, she looks like someone id have on a Pinterest board
@clowncarcollectiveSee it on YouTube
I never imagined that my profession would ever appear in this format. Here in German-speaking countries, this profession is called a "Theatermaler"
@RalphWerner89See it on YouTube
I don't get the part about not being allowed a degree for the job
@almeidawsSee it on YouTube
My first guess when she mentioned time on the ladder was like a set designer for theatre! Ballet specifically though is pretty cool.
@jesseandersen4055See it on YouTube
Respect to her for getting a job through TikTok
@Jack-slhw2See it on YouTube