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Originally Posted by missdpuck
Yeah, I thought about the oil money after I made the post.
But Rathji let me just say how much I admire you for going back to school. I wish I had done it. My excuse is "fear" and listening to others instead of myself.
My brother did what you are doing. He joined the Army and ended up in Korea. He met an American girl over there, she got pregnant and they both got out due to "family hardships"--long story. They got a little apt., he went to community college (he's 21 at the time) and they both worked. Then he got a job as a UPS manager and quit school. My mother-in all her misguidedness- was thrilled. UPS! That's great! But it drove my brother insane. He had the balls I never had--he wanted something better. He went back to school at 27, (still with a wife and kid, of course), graduated Magna Cum Laude from FIT and ended up with a great career designing airports and travelling the world. Not necessarily in demand in this country--but jobs in Pakistan, Dubai, and even Transylvania have provided him with a nice living.
Rathji, you ARE NOT a screw up. Please. It's people like me that give up. We are the screw-ups! I am very proud of you  |
Oh, how little you know!
Thank you for the words of encouragement though. It wasn't easy to go back, but the industry I was in was brutal on the body so it was going to happen sooner or later.
The most nerve racking part of the whole thing though was finding my first job in the industry. Imagine walking into companies applying for IT positions with a resume that says "Hacked apart dead cows for 12 years". Places that are the tech equivalent to working at McDonalds were turning me down.
Lucky for me I found a place that was willing to take a flyer on me, and it has worked out quite well.