An aside, I laugh reacted to this because I agree and am aware. I write in a long winded way. It's a bad habit I've been working on. I can't believe it's so noticeable!
It's strange to me to dictate what people do or do not feel, that's all. Would it be more specific if I mention an article I read that led me to want to learn more about a topic? Or discussing how studying light and color in drawing and painting (not art history) made me interested in learning...
Thanks for sharing a summary of your own experiences! I think that could give people who may later read these threads a better idea of what sort of concrete experiences they could talk about to better prompt advice. I have a better idea of what sort of solidity in experiences users are asking...
I, personally, don't think it makes sense to not plan ahead, especially if it's going to take a year or a year and a half before I can reach coursework where I can demonstrate a legitimate interest, to some. It's like telling me I don't actually have any interest in piano, until I learn piano --...
I live in the US, I came into undergrad with AP credits for Chemistry and Environmental Science, which fulfilled the requirement. My school only required 2 classes (6 total credits, most classes fulfilling the requirement are given 3 or 4 credits) for its core science requirement. I am not even...
Yes, like I mentioned, I approached undergrad by studying something I was interested in and something I could get a job out of. I avoided taking any more coursework beyond that to either avoid an overbearing work load each semester or to be able to actually fit my courses into a schedule. It is...
I think there was some amount of miscommunication on what I meant by industry/career platitudes in my original post. It's really not central to anything, other than wanting to avoid uninformative or not useful information (in general, not just this thread). I can see why it was made to seem...
I grouped these sentences together since I think they are related. My science education ended when I graduated high school, I had AP credits to get out of science requirements in undergrad. I didn't take any introductory science courses in undergrad to get a sense of what it's like at the...
I wanted to preemptively seek advice to keep in my back pocket so that I'll have the added time of thinking over what could be shared with me and reflecting as events play out.
My life revolves almost entirely around going to work and then spending some time developing new skills in my various hobbies. I landed in my current company (consequently, career) entirely through happenstance. The opportunity was presented, I had the background for it, and decided to take it...
Hi everyone,
This will be a long post. I spent a few days mulling over what I wanted to say. I’m not sure I have thought of everything, but I covered a good body of what has gone through my mind, with any other details I’ll bring up as they pertain for any good Samaritan who can offer any...