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artykyn · 2 years ago

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Me: I’m going back to school and switching careers to programming

My coworkers who I had for 8 months: Oh :/ such a shame that you’re leaving tissue culture :/ it’s so hard to find people with good TC skills :/ why programming though?? So random

My previous boss at a TC company who I worked with for 4.5 years and who I still keep in touch with: Yeah that tracks. You’ll be great at that.

#don't let the opinions of people who don't know you well affect your major life decisions or your opinions about yourself #the people who know me well are more supportive than the people who barely know me #and it's not because they love me more. It's because they are better judges of my capabilities and interests #to people who don't know me well it's like ''wtf you're going from plant science to computers?? weird switch but okay''#meanwhile my previous boss be like ''yeah you were the only one here who ever understood and efficiently used our data tracking program''#it was also really funny when I told people that the entrance exam to apply for school was a bunch of logic puzzles #and they all looked at me with genuine HORROR like OH MAN THAT SUCKS BUT GOOD LUCK I HOPE YOU PASS!!#and it shocked ME that they responded that way because... i thought... logic puzzles... were fun #i genuinely was forced to confront a new concept:#apparently some people do not think that analytical reasoning puzzles are a fun way to choose to spend your free time #I also had to do analytical reasoning puzzles in front of the person who interviewed me for school admissions #i was supposed to take 30 minutes on the puzzles. and then 30 minutes of answering normal interview questions #i.... i did all the puzzles in like.... 7 minutes....#and the interviewer was like #''oh ok you got through those fast.... um... well... clearly you have a good grasp of logical thinking strategies...'''#mine #memories #employment #school #boss #career #programming #tissue culture

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