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07-14-2014, 09:52 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Bay Area
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At the time, I didn't know it but deciding to major in computer science at CAL set up my "Silicon" career in Bay Area.
At the time, I didn't know it, part II - marrying a women who will LBYM with me for the next 27 years and counting.
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07-14-2014, 09:24 PM
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#102
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Minneapolis
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Originally Posted by Culture
- Selecting great genetics. This "choice" dominates all the others combined in importance.
- Selecting great parents.
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How is that possible?
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07-15-2014, 09:28 AM
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#103
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
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Listened to my Mom  ... I studied hard in HS, won the full tuition scholarship, went to college and majored in Physics at a time (1976-80) when women were greatly outnumbered in the STEM fields. I w*rked summers as a mechanic for Sears, which gave me tremendous hand-on experience.
My neighborhood friends (both genders) were on completely different life tracks.
J*bs for my degree were pretty much non-existent in 1980 where I was living, so I took some programming courses at my own expense and went forward from there. Knowing the science and having the computer skills was a rare combination at the time.
Final position...GS-13 Electronics Engineer for the fed govt, with 2 US patents.
And I saved all along the way... 
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07-15-2014, 10:10 AM
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#104
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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Originally Posted by freebird5825
Listened to my Mom ... I studied hard in HS, won the full tuition scholarship, went to college and majored in Physics at a time (1976-80) when women were greatly outnumbered in the STEM fields. I w*rked summers as a mechanic for Sears, which gave me tremendous hand-on experience.
My neighborhood friends (both genders) were on completely different life tracks.
J*bs for my degree were pretty much non-existent in 1980 where I was living, so I took some programming courses at my own expense and went forward from there. Knowing the science and having the computer skills was a rare combination at the time.
Final position...GS-13 Electronics Engineer for the fed govt, with 2 US patents.
And I saved all along the way... |
You are my heroine! As a teen in the 70s in Ireland I was discouraged from pursuing a career in Engineering because of macho culture. As a result I chose medicine, which was more socially acceptable for girls. But I still wonder what might have been.
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07-15-2014, 10:40 AM
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#105
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF East Bay
Posts: 4,123
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Rather than a single financial decision being the most important, I'd say that my ability to delay gratification has been the most important factor in being able to RE.
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Contentedly ER, with 3 furry friends (now, sadly, 1).
Planning my escape to the wide open spaces in my campervan (with my remaining kitty, of course!)
On a mission to become the world's second most boring man.
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07-15-2014, 10:46 AM
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#106
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 159
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Making the M part of LBYM be a big # in relation to the L part.
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Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? - Mary Oliver
Don’t struggle so much, the best things happen when not expected. — Gabriel García Márquez
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07-15-2014, 12:39 PM
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#107
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Chicago area
Posts: 431
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
You are my heroine! As a teen in the 70s in Ireland I was discouraged from pursuing a career in Engineering because of macho culture. As a result I chose medicine, which was more socially acceptable for girls. But I still wonder what might have been.
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Not that medicine is anything to sneeze at. :-)
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07-15-2014, 03:16 PM
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#108
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 491
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Originally Posted by Spanky
How is that possible?
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Unfortunately it isn't.
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07-15-2014, 06:31 PM
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#109
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: midwestern city
Posts: 4,061
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Deciding to move from Europe to the US was the best financial decision in my case.
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07-15-2014, 10:42 PM
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#110
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 257
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Going to medical school at age 27-28 after years of being a starving artist.
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