TheUndiagnosed wrote:
Of course there is something wrong with me!
And pursuing my STEM degree in my 20s was an utter waste of time!
For many scientific fields, you really need a PhD to do any kind of innovative work in the field.
For example, I met a woman several years ago who had a bachelor's degree in biology from a notable university. In spite of that, her job after college was to run the same laboratory tests over and over again on different samples day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.
She got tired of that and after about three years on that job she quit.
When I met her, she was working two jobs and loving it. One was washing windows. She wasn't one of the window-washers you sometimes see on high rise buildings. She specialized in the first floor windows of commercial buildings where they had to be just perfect since they are so visible to all the customers.
She also specialized in house windows. Each year in her city, there is a tour of various mansions around the city and the owners want their windows to be absolutely perfect. They also want people they can trust. When she she started doing that, it was kind of tough going until the built up a reputation of honesty (lots of things of value in the big mansions) and dependability, but the last time I talked to her, she had all the work she could handle.
Her other job was working the door of a rather strange night club. Three nights a week, the club was a gay club. Three nights a week, the club was a trendy night club for the younger folks. And then on Sunday nights, it was everyone mixed together.
08 Nov 2024, 4:21 pm
