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Originally Posted by Thor
Oh this was a old bump lol.
I'm still in Iceland, in fact I made a couple of big decisions when thinking about going back to school. One was to sell my house, drop everything and move back home to Iceland; I have a big family and I was the last one living in Calgary as everyone else moved back here.
The next was to be somewhat practical about my education; I LOVE science and wanted to go back and get a degree in biology. However after speaking to a few friends in the field, I decided to continue doing what I have been these last 5 years, reading a science book a month at least. But I did change my careerpath 180, left sales/marketing and went to do something I've always loved, working as a computer guy 
Since coming back to Iceland 1 year ago I have garnered a whole slew of Microsoft and Cisco certifications, something that I've immensely enjoyed and done extremely well at. I've always been great with computers but for some reason I never went that route in University when I was younger. As a mid 30's student I'm LOVING being back in school.
I haven't been this happy about my line of work in a long time, now its just to get a new job and continue the certifications with work, since thats they key in this industry, experience and knowledge. |
Clearly you're really into Science and Technology. I'm sure that you already know these things, but for others who are interested:
1) Check out your local University or College or Tech. institute. They always host public seminars on many interesting and relevant issues. You just have to put in a little effort to get included on the newsletters. I find people complain a lot about the UofC and UofA (primarily undergrads it seems) but both of these schools are quite well known in research circles.
2) Typically, there are off-shoot organizations that get together and host forums at pubs and what not. In Calgary, we have the Science cafe once in a while at the Unicorn (at least it was at the Unicorn the last time I went).
I honestly don't know what the situation is like in Iceland, but Reyjkjavik is a pretty progressive place and I would be shocked if you couldn't find some general interest science events in town.