Currently I'm doing a residency in diagnostic medical physics. It's a weird mix of physical labor to check out equipment, mathematical modeling, consulting with

Currently I'm doing a residency in diagnostic medical physics. It's a weird mix of physical labor to check out equipment, mathematical modeling, consulting with physicians, and reading regulations. I left the tech industry in 2017, got into an MS in 2019, and now I have a year and a half to licensure — hopefully! I'm basically happy with the change, but it was a long road out — I had saved up $50k, which is all gone now. There's a snag: I was diagnosed with cancer in 2021. Life comes at you fast. I might have a long career ahead (I'm 31) or I might not. I certainly could have done a lot more skiing in the past six years if I had just kept plugging away at the text editor. But I'm glad I went for it. Don't assume you have forever.