My wife said I should start writing some things down about how I came to end up in the states, so I want back to what feels like the beginning to me. #writing
https://media.sully.site/odyssey-pt-1/
And on to 5. My original notion of pacing these didn't work for this one, so I let the time rattle on and just focused on events. #writing
https://media.sully.site/odyssey-pt-5/
@andyc Hah! There's a few more things to come yet. It's all part of it.
1/2
I think I find this so fascinating because your life and career has been so varied and interesting compared with mine
Happy, middle class childhood in leafy Cheshire. Dad was a bank manager.
Got free place at Grammar school (much to dad's delight)
Excellent O levels. Excellent A levels.
Comp Sci at Warwick. Not excellent enough for Oxbridge.
2:2 degree. Enjoyed the social life more than the course. Walked into a well paid job with software house
2/2
Went freelance (even better money)
Reverted to permanent role.
Been plodding methodically in the slow lane ever since :-)
@andyc I think I'd have preferred yours! Everything happened very late for me. I was basically lost in my 20s, which is what most of this is about.
@andyc Something universities are very aware of is the fact that most kids - particularly the high performers - may get exposed to stimuli they have never had to deal with. Your story isn't uncommon, and in the end you got a good result from a good school.
@sullybiker Fucking hell! In which part are you actually finally boarding the plane for America?! After all, this was supposedly the whole rationale for this epic :-)