If you were given an option to do whatever you like for whatever time you want it to, what would you choose to do?
For myself, I do like my analytic job as a test automation developer where I get to solve some highly technical programming problems and while writing automation, I am reminded, everyday that the simplest tasks we take for granted are never that obvious to a computer, and I appreciate the human brain even more. But that doesn't mean that I don't have other professions that I like.
There was a time when I really wanted to study physics and become a research scientist, but now I would hardly call that my dream job. If I really had to become a research scientist, I would want to live in a university town all my life, probably not get married and also don't think of having a nice home and family. I would have spent most of my time in labs. Which is very good, but would have been a disaster to me!
Given the mentality I have now and the things that please me, my second option would have been a lawyer. I sometimes wonder if I'd make a feminist divorce attorney... perhaps I would. Empower the girls to get rid of their shackles. Anyway, I am currently reading Arthur Hailey's "In high places" and Alan Maitland's ideals look good to me. The best thing about law is that it exists. Also, tricky law points excite me and it is fascinating how humans can find loopholes in existing law and solve problems (like finding loopholes in a software developer's code). Very interesting profession. I probably wouldn't want to be a criminal lawyer though, that would have been a little too scary for me.
The second one would be a blog writer. Hehe, isn't that what I am doing right now? Well, yes partially true. But I would love to be a professional blog writer. I like writing, so it would be good if I could be in my PJs and sit at home and write...not bad.
How about an interior designer? No, I don't like those half eaten coffee tables, crooked vases or just-about-to-fall-on-your-head wall decor. Neither do I believe that you have to be extremely creative in order to design and decorate a nice home, nor do I believe that "everything has to be in perfect order" in a house. Actually, a good taste and a mid-sized budget is all that you need to have a nicely decorated cozy home. I like neutrals in the background with pops of bold color. Color is extremely important to lift the mood of the inhabitants but that doesn't mean I'd want to paint my bathtub in streaks of orange or put fuchsia curtains in the master bedroom. Anyway, this is not going to be a post on home decor, so I shouldn't say any more on this subject.
The final one would be owning a yarn shop where I can also have classes or group knitting sessions for charity. I would like to have a group of ladies get together and knit-knit-knit while they chat. At the end you have some nice knitted stuff to donate and you also have a bunch of happy contented women :)
For myself, I do like my analytic job as a test automation developer where I get to solve some highly technical programming problems and while writing automation, I am reminded, everyday that the simplest tasks we take for granted are never that obvious to a computer, and I appreciate the human brain even more. But that doesn't mean that I don't have other professions that I like.
There was a time when I really wanted to study physics and become a research scientist, but now I would hardly call that my dream job. If I really had to become a research scientist, I would want to live in a university town all my life, probably not get married and also don't think of having a nice home and family. I would have spent most of my time in labs. Which is very good, but would have been a disaster to me!
Given the mentality I have now and the things that please me, my second option would have been a lawyer. I sometimes wonder if I'd make a feminist divorce attorney... perhaps I would. Empower the girls to get rid of their shackles. Anyway, I am currently reading Arthur Hailey's "In high places" and Alan Maitland's ideals look good to me. The best thing about law is that it exists. Also, tricky law points excite me and it is fascinating how humans can find loopholes in existing law and solve problems (like finding loopholes in a software developer's code). Very interesting profession. I probably wouldn't want to be a criminal lawyer though, that would have been a little too scary for me.
The second one would be a blog writer. Hehe, isn't that what I am doing right now? Well, yes partially true. But I would love to be a professional blog writer. I like writing, so it would be good if I could be in my PJs and sit at home and write...not bad.
How about an interior designer? No, I don't like those half eaten coffee tables, crooked vases or just-about-to-fall-on-your-head wall decor. Neither do I believe that you have to be extremely creative in order to design and decorate a nice home, nor do I believe that "everything has to be in perfect order" in a house. Actually, a good taste and a mid-sized budget is all that you need to have a nicely decorated cozy home. I like neutrals in the background with pops of bold color. Color is extremely important to lift the mood of the inhabitants but that doesn't mean I'd want to paint my bathtub in streaks of orange or put fuchsia curtains in the master bedroom. Anyway, this is not going to be a post on home decor, so I shouldn't say any more on this subject.
The final one would be owning a yarn shop where I can also have classes or group knitting sessions for charity. I would like to have a group of ladies get together and knit-knit-knit while they chat. At the end you have some nice knitted stuff to donate and you also have a bunch of happy contented women :)
