Trying. Failing. and Trying Again. and Again. An Informal Case Study on the Path to Figuring Out What You Want to Do for a Job and Help Others Do the Same.
Description:
Some people know what they want to do for a job from when they are very young. “I want to be a veterinarian” or a football player or a teacher. Maybe somewhere out there is at least one child who said “I want to be a seismologist!” But what does that actually mean and what about the wide range of people who don’t know until high school, or college, or graduate school, or even later? What shapes our perspectives of employment opportunities? What role models are we exposed to via home life, school, tv and movies, etc. What do you want to do when you grow up? I will present one tale about one person who didn’t know what she wanted to do when she grew up (have I ever actually grown up?) and how she found employment in a role outside of the “normal” tenure-track faculty path. The path leads from one earth science class in high school and dropping out of college as a math major and currently ends with an enjoyable project management position in network operations, happy to help others find their own path.
Session: Transforming our Seismological Community through Inclusive Mentorship and Diverse Narratives
Type: Oral
Date: 4/18/2023
Presentation Time: 02:30 PM (local time)
Presenting Author: Mouse Reusch
Student Presenter: No
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Authors
Mouse Reusch
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topo@uw.edu
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Trying. Failing. and Trying Again. and Again. An Informal Case Study on the Path to Figuring Out What You Want to Do for a Job and Help Others Do the Same.
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Transforming our Seismological Community through Inclusive Mentorship and Diverse Narratives