question for the weekend

marydell saw the questions being asked for the daily question, and came up with some better ones.

the one that caught my eye immediately was, why did you abandon the career plans you made in your early 20s?

me, i was very interested in medical anthropology, having a minor in bio and a major in anthropology comprising my bachelors degree. there were probably jobs available for people with only bachelor's degrees and a strong interest, but they all involved travel and being far far away from my rheumatologist. and my family. i got a job vaguely in the medical field (working at a plasma center) with the thought that i'd do that for a while and continue to work on medical things. [insert handwaving here] i was tired of school and didn't want to go to grad school immediately. then, the plasma center turned out, shall we say, not to be a great fit for me, so i left there and needed another job, in the "i will take nearly anything that pays money" way. a friend hooked me up with a job in computers, and here i am, sixteen years later.



i still have a vague theory that starts out 1) win the lottery, 2) get an mph (masters of public health) but as i don't buy lottery tickets, it may be a while.

you?