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Interesting, can you give a bit more details what exactly his path was?
by Roritharr 6y ago
Interesting, can you give a bit more details what exactly his path was?
- theelous3 6y agocomp sci in prestigious european uni. Moved to us in early 2000s. Big nationwide datacenter stuff. Decided to become doctor. Did doctory stuff and floated around medical for a while before switching to psyc. Currently forensic psych for infamous US prison. Found that rather than patient hop in regular psyc practice, or drug up people in asylums, with trial cases spanning years you can really deep dive a person and do good work.
- Roritharr 6y agoDid he support a family during his transition or was he still single? Was money a problem in general along the way?
- theelous3 6y agoMarried no kids, partner also successful. Given his talents and character I don't believe money was an issue.
- crimsonalucard1 6y agoI think you need to pause before considering this route. Are you that exceptional? This level of intelligence is incredibly rare and unless you're 100% sure you're capable of this, I wouldn't do it.
- theelous3 6y agoThe guy has brains to burn of course, but tbh, it's simply about motivation. Medicine is a grind, more than an intellectual exercise. If you have the brains for actual tech there's no doubt you have the requisite intelligence. The only barrier is the stamina for the grind. I know I couldn't do it. Not as I am now. Maybe in the future. I couldn't say for sure, given I'm not clairvoyant. I agree that you should give serious pause. Probably the most serious pause of your life, but still. I wouldn't shy away too quickly. When you know, you know.
- DrAwdeOccarim 6y agoVery true. Not to discount MD training or doctors, but it's less about connecting disparate dots or learning how to solve problems and more about working out the brain like a muscle.