Fascinating thread.
a great prof convinced me to take what I enjoyed. So I did. And it was great. But didn't like the work.
Since then I've never really had 'a career' but have done things that I thought were interesting til they weren't, then found something else. I always had one eye on what am I learning and what could I do next though. Sometimes I think my lax career planning was a mistake but reading this makes me think the trade off is probably ok.
I've always done a lot of volunteer stuff too. Whatever my job was missing in things I enjoyed I found a volunteer gig to fill, and for me at least it's been helpful both personally and professionally.
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