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David
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What's the worst career decision you've ever made?
I have made decision for myself although, I don't think it'll work out well for me that's my reason for asking this question about career matter, and i need a good answer
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James Constantine Frangos
Consultant Dietitian & Software Developer since 1972 => Nutrition Education => Health & Longevity => Self-Actualization.
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Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Hi David,
Reflecting back to 1981, my first wife issued an ultimatum - abandon my master's in biochemistry and start earning a substantial income, or she would leave. She was discontented with the meager $50 a week I was making from tutoring and lab demonstrating in biochemistry, especially when compared to her weekly earnings of $210. Dr. Peter Nixon later suggested that I should have let her walk away. Instead, I traded my biochemistry degree for a taxi driver's job. This decision led me through a tough journey in the early 1980s, filled with physically demanding jobs and constant back pain.
Two decades later, I attempted a Master of Public Health, but faced another roadblock. The course coordinator rejected my project, which was an evaluation of the nutrition education software I had developed. He labeled it as a 'financial conflict of interest,' arguing that a positive evaluation could potentially earn me a million dollars. Consequently, I was only granted a Postgraduate Diploma. Blocked from a Masters again.
I work 100 hours a week. I have done that since 1994. I earn a pittance.
Stay blessed,
JC.
Reflecting back to 1981, my first wife issued an ultimatum - abandon my master's in biochemistry and start earning a substantial income, or she would leave. She was discontented with the meager $50 a week I was making from tutoring and lab demonstrating in biochemistry, especially when compared to her weekly earnings of $210. Dr. Peter Nixon later suggested that I should have let her walk away. Instead, I traded my biochemistry degree for a taxi driver's job. This decision led me through a tough journey in the early 1980s, filled with physically demanding jobs and constant back pain.
Two decades later, I attempted a Master of Public Health, but faced another roadblock. The course coordinator rejected my project, which was an evaluation of the nutrition education software I had developed. He labeled it as a 'financial conflict of interest,' arguing that a positive evaluation could potentially earn me a million dollars. Consequently, I was only granted a Postgraduate Diploma. Blocked from a Masters again.
I work 100 hours a week. I have done that since 1994. I earn a pittance.
Stay blessed,
JC.
James Constantine Frangos
Consultant Dietitian & Software Developer since 1972 => Nutrition Education => Health & Longevity => Self-Actualization.
5914
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Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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James Constantine’s Answer
Hello David!
Probably listening to my first wife in 1981 she told me she would leave me if I did not quit my master's in biochemistry and go out and earn some real money. You see she was unhappy with $50 a week and I think she was getting angry about my miniscule wage. She earnt $210 a week. Dr. Peter Nixon said I should have just let her leave me. I swapped a MSc in Biochemistry for driving taxis.
God Bless!
JC.
Probably listening to my first wife in 1981 she told me she would leave me if I did not quit my master's in biochemistry and go out and earn some real money. You see she was unhappy with $50 a week and I think she was getting angry about my miniscule wage. She earnt $210 a week. Dr. Peter Nixon said I should have just let her leave me. I swapped a MSc in Biochemistry for driving taxis.
God Bless!
JC.