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> You are not wrong because you took a leap in life and it didn't work out perfectly, its a valuable learning experience. The author obviously understands this
by teachrdan 6y ago
> You are not wrong because you took a leap in life and it didn't work out perfectly, its a valuable learning experience.
The author obviously understands this is a learning experience--that's why they wrote the essay in the first place. The challenge is that, on a practical level, starting over will likely take too many years, with too great a risk of not getting a job in academia. This is hardly "pouting and trying to let yourself down easy." It's the disheartening wisdom that sometimes you learn things too late in life to benefit from them.
- mym1990 6y agoStarting over? He literally says "I think I have gained skills and experience that can be very valuable to the astronomical community". And that is on top of the foundation that he has already built in his earlier years. Unless there is some glitch where you lose all previous experience in life if you decide to backtrack a bit. I guess ultimately I don't really know what the author's goals would be in academia, and I am not from academia...and that makes it difficult to really explore the situation.
- SiempreViernes 6y agoHe's also obviously missed out of a lot of new knowledge that's been produced while he wasn't there, as well as loosing some skills that haven't been used. As for his goals, well most of the article is about the things he's missing so the straightforward guess is to have that back?