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It is raining fiercely outside, but Alexandra Niedzialkowski is dry now, sitting at a Capitol Hill coffee shop sipping a steaming cup of chai. While everyone else has been curling up indoors, she has spent this Sunday afternoon putting up posters for her band’s upcoming record-release show, Thursday night at Neumos. Between the rain coming down outside and the Hill’s viciously competitive postering culture, she wonders out loud if her work was worth it. Still, she smiles broadly. A quiet energy pulses beneath her glowing countenance. Friday was her last day of work as a secretary for a very big tech company—at least for the next month.