Ever since I was eight-years-old all I ever wanted to be when I grew up was a physician. My entire high school career and over half of my college career were spent in pursuit of this goal. I volunteered in the E.R. and on the pediatric floor of the hospital, attended various camps/workshops, and even took the MCAT exam. But everything changed when I studied abroad my junior year. Suddenly I realized there was more to our existence than medicine and healthcare. On this trip I realized that I wanted to work with people, engage people, and help them connect. I suddenly realized perhaps the only thing I had ever known in my life wasn’t actually what I wanted for myself or what was good for me.
I had innumerable things to reconsider. After finishing college with degrees in both biology and Spanish, I spent the next few years exploring new career ideas/paths as well as working two jobs to pay off my student loans. In the end I came upon the realization that I wanted a career with three main attributes: community, flexibility, creativity. I realized after participating in a Try Coding weekend and Turing School for Software development, that the tech industry was the perfect combination of these things. It was a robust community built of deeply interconnected, well-functioning teams and communities, many of the positions offered remote opportunities and/or flexible schedules, as well as the change to creatively solve numerous and intricate problems. I knew in an instant that this career was everything I had been looking for and was so excited when I began my journey the following fall.
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Hey Scott, this is an excellent draft! You've done a nice job here outlining your values and explaining why you've made this career pivot!