What was the defining moment in your life that made you end up where you are now?

[FrustratedUser]

Inspired by this thread.

Maybe a bit easier than the other thread.

For me it's easy. It was just before I graduated HS (actually called a 4 year engineering school back in Sweden) and getting my engineering degree.
I was looking for a job to fill in time between school and military service. A period of 1.5 years or so. It was the final few days in school and I walked into the office of the student union/organisation and saw an ad posted on the door. A university needed a fresh guy from school to be a technical assistant for a year or so. (They had been using graduates from my school earlier)

I figured... what the hell, that sounds cool. I went up there for an interview and got the job!! w00t! They were developing low noise superconductive receivers to be used in Radio Astronomy.

I've been in the business ever since.

I could have ended up in a normal company, which would have sucked. I did work at Ericsson from '95 - '99 and I consider those the dark years.


So what's your story?

 

[EyeMNathan]

I'm not sure where it all went wrong to be honest. Probably somewhere between the age of 12-14, so 8-10 years ago.

 

[Platypus]

haha, I know better than to share it here.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Don't tell me.... you registered on ATOT and have been flunking classes ever since?

 

[Brackis]

When I dropped out of an elite New England prep-school before my senior year of HS because I felt that it was too narcissistic and taught people to be consumed with being dilettantes who had no real ability other than being wealthy and smug.

It allowed me a great amount of time, freedom, and a drop in day to day pressure so that I could pursue social welfare endeavors.

 

[IronWing]

It was the day I walked out on my PhD program and didn't look back (till now ).

 

[MrChad]

I called her back.

 

[david46675]

birth.

 

End up where in which way?
I take it you mean in some career related way.

Since that is most likely the case, this thread will be too boring to continue.

 

[silverpig]

My parents had sex. I was conceived.

 

[eLiu]

hm when my friend started talking about going to MIT when we were in 10th grade (just finished freshman year there). I set my sights on it then & well here I am.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: SampSon
End up where in which way?
I take it you mean in some career related way.

Since that is most likely the case, this thread will be too boring to continue.

Feel free to tell your story.

 

[daveymark]

I've been near death a few times, but it didn't really change me like I thought it would. I was hoping I'd be more appreciative of my life and how lucky I am to have what I have.

Welp, I'd better watch Good Will Hunting again

 

[TheFlamingDead]

Originally posted by: silverpig
My parents had sex. I was conceived.

Yeah, it was a close one there, beating all the other sperm cells to the egg, a real defining moment, but id never have ended up here, if i hadnt won:laugh:

 

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: SampSon
End up where in which way?
I take it you mean in some career related way.

Since that is most likely the case, this thread will be too boring to continue.

Feel free to tell your story.

Since I'm still living it, there is no finished story to tell.
I tend not to quantify my life as it stands.

 

[newParadigm]

when i heard the truth about the bibla and the gosple of the Kingdom of God, and realized what i had believed for 8 years was bullshit

~new

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: SampSon
End up where in which way?
I take it you mean in some career related way.

Since that is most likely the case, this thread will be too boring to continue.

Feel free to tell your story.

Since I'm still living it, there is no finished story to tell.
I tend not to quantify my life as it stands.

So you don't think there was one moment or short time period that pushed you in the direction your life is going now?

For me it is very obvious looking back.

 

[Drakkon]

4th grade...my dad retrieved a computer from a dumpster (286)....i went to local library and picket up the first issue of 321 contact....found the BASIC program in the back and keyed it in...got it working on the dumpster comp...from there its history

 

[EyeMWing]

well... There was this girl...
<open ended>

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
well... There was this girl...
<open ended>

and then she got preggo and popped a bunch of babies?

 

[Rudee]

The condom broke

 

[lrad50]

in 7th grade when i realized my penis was made for more than just expelling urine

 

[anno]

I was bored, one sunday in march.. my 2nd year in college, and march is kite season. so I decided to make a kite. went out and found some.. sticks.. twigs? branches.. sticks.. and came back and made a kite out of the sticks and some tape and newspaper and this string I had.. an industrial spool of carpet yarn, actually. still have it.. that was.. 1976.. my great grandchildren will still be using this spool of yarn to tie up their tomatoes. it's eternal. too ugly to keep, too useful to throw away.

anyway.. made a kite. was not a very good kite, but I made it, and took it outside and flew it. flew is probably not the right word, it wasn't the best kite and carpet yarn is not the best string but.. but.. I sure did try.

that's how I met my husband.

that pretty much changed the course of my life.

anno

 

[Borealis316]

Once upon a time I knew two girls and I had to choose........................................................

*sigh*

*slams head on desk*

 

[MagicConch]

I probably wasn't paying attention when the defining moment of my life was happening. I have a very short attention span.