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We went broke, for many different reasons. I now work in pharmaceutical engineering R&D, breed thoroughbred horses and mess about with data science.

da02 10y ago
Have you ever known anyone to use hyaluronic acid for old horses?
- phillc73 10y ago
  Not personally, but I do know it is used for joint pain.
- chinathrow 10y ago
  It's also used on humans if they have joint issues such as arthrosis.
webwalker 10y ago
As you do...
jacquesm 10y ago
That has to be one of the most interesting career paths that I'm aware of. Impressed with your ability to adapt and learn outside of some narrow envelope.
- phillc73 10y ago
  Thank you. I've also worked at a major dotcom, starting pre-2000 for all the fun, and in the television industry for a major UK broadcaster. While each industry has required its own knowledge, I have more or less been applying the same set of skills. For example, now in the pharma engineering R&D role, I'm just a project manager rather than a scientist. I read a handful of in-depth papers in my specific area (Optical Coherence Tomography) and by then I could at least understand the technology. I also had just moved to a new country, needed a job and they needed someone with good English and reasonable management skills. The horses and data science interests are linked and the direction where I want things to seriously go next. I'm learning the trade and just starting out now. Or, you could look at my career path and deduce that I just get bored easily....
  - da02 10y ago
    What was the dotcom? Did you work for the BBC?
    - phillc73 10y ago
      eBay and BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the public service BBC.
      - da02 10y ago
        What did you do for them? Management or programming?
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    > Or, you could look at my career path and deduce that I just get bored easily.... :) You really should write a book or something like that. I'd be happy to read it. Inspiring!
    - phillc73 10y ago
      Thank you again. I've never really thought about it as inspiring, because it's just been "life." I try to do things I'm interested in and then when circumstances change, I look for something else. I have a friend who was a tour guide and fitness trainer for many years. He's climbed Kilimanjaro something like 12 times. Now, in his early 40s, he is well on the way to obtaining his commercial pilot's licence. It's something he's wanted to do since a teenager and has saved towards that target for a long time. To me, that kind of dedication is inspiring.

da02 10y ago

Have you ever known anyone to use hyaluronic acid for old horses?

phillc73 10y ago
Not personally, but I do know it is used for joint pain.
chinathrow 10y ago
It's also used on humans if they have joint issues such as arthrosis.

webwalker 10y ago

As you do...

jacquesm 10y ago

That has to be one of the most interesting career paths that I'm aware of. Impressed with your ability to adapt and learn outside of some narrow envelope.

phillc73 10y ago
Thank you. I've also worked at a major dotcom, starting pre-2000 for all the fun, and in the television industry for a major UK broadcaster. While each industry has required its own knowledge, I have more or less been applying the same set of skills. For example, now in the pharma engineering R&D role, I'm just a project manager rather than a scientist. I read a handful of in-depth papers in my specific area (Optical Coherence Tomography) and by then I could at least understand the technology. I also had just moved to a new country, needed a job and they needed someone with good English and reasonable management skills. The horses and data science interests are linked and the direction where I want things to seriously go next. I'm learning the trade and just starting out now. Or, you could look at my career path and deduce that I just get bored easily....
- da02 10y ago
  What was the dotcom? Did you work for the BBC?
  - phillc73 10y ago
    eBay and BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the public service BBC.
    - da02 10y ago
      What did you do for them? Management or programming?
- jacquesm 10y ago
  > Or, you could look at my career path and deduce that I just get bored easily.... :) You really should write a book or something like that. I'd be happy to read it. Inspiring!
  - phillc73 10y ago
    Thank you again. I've never really thought about it as inspiring, because it's just been "life." I try to do things I'm interested in and then when circumstances change, I look for something else. I have a friend who was a tour guide and fitness trainer for many years. He's climbed Kilimanjaro something like 12 times. Now, in his early 40s, he is well on the way to obtaining his commercial pilot's licence. It's something he's wanted to do since a teenager and has saved towards that target for a long time. To me, that kind of dedication is inspiring.