Yours truly circa 1995 studying Analytical Chemistry at Atlantic Technological University Letterkenny, Ireland (previously Letterkenny RTC).
Even back then I loved a GREAT EXPERIMENT 😉
Unfortunately my career in Science / Healthcare/ Pharma was cut short 4 years after graduating.
I had just moved to Australia, after leaving a great job with Scheering Plough (now Merck) in Cork, Ireland.
My new role for a petrochemical company in Botany was short lived as my body had severe reactions to the lab chemicals I was using on a daily basis.
So here I was, fresh off the plane, earning a fraction of what I was being paid in Ireland, with much higher rental outgoings and physically unable to work.
I tried to find a new Laboratory job with no luck whatsoever, finding that Australian companies at that time preferred male candidates for lab work (you can read between the lines!)
I was college educated, 4 years experience with a number of top tier American multi-national organisations under my belt, chronically I'll with bills to pay and no prospect of a new job on the horizon.
💥 There was no way I could go back to college for another 3 / 4 / 5 years!
💥 There was no way I was getting back on the plane to go back home to Ireland...I'd only just landed!
So I had to get creative....
The IT industry was starting to boom AND the best thing was you could get a foot in the door without a college education 🙌🏻
I started studying, gaining certifications in Microsoft then Cisco & Checkpoint to become an IT Network Security Engineer then Security Architect....very unusual entry roles into the IT industry!
This is just one of many career course-corrections on my meandering career path. Some changes were forced upon me others I initiated myself.
My love of science and experimenting has never left me as I treat my whole life as one 💥 GREAT EXPERIMENT 💥
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