An Airborne Situation Shortly after graduating, I accepted my first job in the New Mexico desert. As an engineer with his heart set on becoming a NASA astronaut, I began looking for opportunities to expand my skillset. I settled on earning my private pilot...
I Wasted Years “Not Having Time” I had a demanding job, a long commute, and zero energy left at the end of the day. For most of my twenties, that was my excuse for never learning piano, never building a website, never doing any of the things on my...
The Application Black Hole Toward the end of undergrad, I started applying for jobs with the confidence of someone who had no idea what they were doing. I applied to literally hundreds of positions. For each one, I customized my resume by tweaking bullet points,...
The Graveyard of Failed Ventures I’ve failed at every “side hustle” I’ve ever tried. Let me walk you through the wreckage: T-shirt designs: I spent weeks weeks learning design software, creating what I thought were clever shirts, and setting up...
The Plan Everyone Gave Me Growing up, the path forward seemed obvious. Every adult in my life repeated the same formula: Study hard and do well in high school Go to college Earn a degree Get a job Simple, right? Follow the steps, collect your reward. So I followed the...
