On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 2:29 PM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
https://madned.substack.com/p/a-teenagers-guide-to-avoiding-actual
I thought this was a nice story because I got into IT roughly the same way. I was supposed to be a veterinarian not an IT person.
Thanks for sharing Christian! I liked that story. The best part was the skinny, nerdy kid running away from the construction job. I actually did the opposite and got out of IT and into teaching which is my passion. But I did tutor someone in high school programming Pascal! I do like the quotes: “Do what you are passionate about, the money will come later.” or “Find a job you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” This was how I got into teaching. I took Taekwondo classes as an after work fun activity and it turned into a job. The problem was the boss was greedy, so the money didn't come, so now I'm going into public school teaching where the money is at least fair (not getting rich), but the point is to love your job, yes? The other two activities that I'm doing I'm passionate about, but they are volunteer jobs so they don't pay any money, so I'm still waiting for "the money will come later" for those activities.