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... "the director of graduate admissions, a software engineer, told me he had burned some political capital to get me admitted despite my crappy GPA, that he ha
by kaffeinecoma 17y ago
... "the director of graduate admissions, a software engineer, told me he had burned some political capital to get me admitted despite my crappy GPA, that he had a lot riding on my success, that he'd gambled on me because of my work experience, and that I'd better not let him down. (That was the last time I ever talked to him. A month later, I realized I didn't want to do software engineering.)"
Wow, and you're proud of that?
- kelnos 17y agoI don't think he claimed to be proud of it; he just noted that it happened. Sometimes that's how things go: you think you want to take one path, but then soon realize it's not the one for you. It sucks, but would it have been better if he had stuck with software engineering out of some sense of obligation to the admissions director, which would have probably made him a miserable, mediocre student?