I think there’s definitely a middle path, and as much as I loved the flexibility to follow my nose I think I could have benefitted form a little more structure.
As far as the job goes I feel like I’m missing a lot of intuition about how the corporate world operates. Something feels hollow about doing things for profit with minimal academic interest. There are certifications I could get that would give me a significant pay bump, but I keep putting them off because the material feels like corporate propaganda and I can’t stand studying for them. Most of my experience before this was in research labs though, so maybe that explains my experience more so than my childhood.
I think there’s definitely a middle path, and as much as I loved the flexibility to follow my nose I think I could have benefitted form a little more structure.
As far as the job goes I feel like I’m missing a lot of intuition about how the corporate world operates. Something feels hollow about doing things for profit with minimal academic interest. There are certifications I could get that would give me a significant pay bump, but I keep putting them off because the material feels like corporate propaganda and I can’t stand studying for them. Most of my experience before this was in research labs though, so maybe that explains my experience more so than my childhood.