I earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in computer science consecutively and was very proud of it. I worked in the field until the age of 33, when I married my husband, whom I met the year prior during the pandemic, and decided to stop working to focus on being a trophy wife full-time. I’m currently considering getting a PhD, since I have a lot of time on my hands, to complete the academic “trifecta”.

  • Asafum@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I only completed a couple of college classes and could never “find myself.” I started when 3d animation was “new” and every class ended up being photoshop 101 over and over so I stopped. I started up again studying computer repair technology but was more interested in physically repairing things only to find that no one does that, you just buy a new computer.

    Even though I have a love for science I never felt intelligent enough to go for a degree in that field nor did I have any interest in the story I hear about the constant begging for grants that comes with the field so I never attempted to study it.

    I went through a trade school for HVAC, but because of the area I live in it was more like 6+hours of traffic and 7 hours of work so being miserable every day I decided to call it quits.

    Now I’m still single (at 39) working in a factory, renting a poorly insulated garage “apartment,” spending $300/month in heating bills because of it, and still miserable. My retirement plan is a nitrogen suffocation device I’ve been thinking about manufacturing when the time comes.

    1/10 wouldn’t recommend.