What is Barack Obama's career?

Answer 1

These days, Barack Obama's career is being the President of the United States. But prior to that, his career was in law: he was a civil rights attorney and a professor of law. He entered politics in 1996, winning his first election and serving as an Illinois State Senator.

Answer 2

These days, his career is politician and president. But that was not always his career. Barack Obama graduated from Columbia in 1983, and then worked as a community organizer and advocate for the poor in Chicago. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991. He worked as a civil rights lawyer and a law school professor for twelve years. He entered politics in 1996, and served three terms in the Illinois state senate. In 2000, he ran for the House of Representatives but lost; he then then ran for US Senator in 2004 and won. He was a US senator from Illinois when he was elected President in 2008.