We went broke, for many different reasons.
I now work in pharmaceutical engineering R&D, breed thoroughbred horses and mess about with data science.
I now work in pharmaceutical engineering R&D, breed thoroughbred horses and mess about with data science.
I've also worked at a major dotcom, starting pre-2000 for all the fun, and in the television industry for a major UK broadcaster.
While each industry has required its own knowledge, I have more or less been applying the same set of skills. For example, now in the pharma engineering R&D role, I'm just a project manager rather than a scientist. I read a handful of in-depth papers in my specific area (Optical Coherence Tomography) and by then I could at least understand the technology. I also had just moved to a new country, needed a job and they needed someone with good English and reasonable management skills.
The horses and data science interests are linked and the direction where I want things to seriously go next. I'm learning the trade and just starting out now.
Or, you could look at my career path and deduce that I just get bored easily....
:)
You really should write a book or something like that. I'd be happy to read it.
Inspiring!
I've never really thought about it as inspiring, because it's just been "life." I try to do things I'm interested in and then when circumstances change, I look for something else.
I have a friend who was a tour guide and fitness trainer for many years. He's climbed Kilimanjaro something like 12 times. Now, in his early 40s, he is well on the way to obtaining his commercial pilot's licence. It's something he's wanted to do since a teenager and has saved towards that target for a long time. To me, that kind of dedication is inspiring.